managing for a higher purpose. your leadership role assess local natural resource needs and issues...

Managing for a Higher Purpose

Your Leadership RoleAssess local natural resource needs and issues

Prioritize issues

Set goals

Coordinate human and financial resources to achieve goals

Evaluate success

Repeat

Your Leadership Role

Make a list:

How do you assess local natural resource needs and issues?

Your Leadership RoleHow do you assess local natural resource needs and issues?

Does your Board hold a strategic vision for the district?

Vision

Long range plan

Strategic plan

Annual plan

Performance objectives

What we want

What we want in 3-5 years

What we want in 3-5 years

What we want in the next 12 months

What our employees will accomplish in the next 12 months

Understand the mission and purpose of the district

Vision: What we want

“Sustained high quality of life for our counties’ residents”

Mission: What our organization does

“We conserve soil and water”

Monitor and evaluate performance of district manager

Organizational goals

Annual performance objectives

Annual performance review

Reward performance both ongoing and at intervals

Strategic

Plan

Annual

Plan

Annual Performance

Objectives

Annual Performance

Reviews

Traditional Agenda1. Approval of Minutes2. Financial Report3. Partners’ Reports

-NRCS-CSCB-Cooperative Extension-others

4. District Report5. Old Business6. New Business

Strategic Agenda

1. Critical Issue One: Loss of prime farmland

2. Critical Issue Two: E.coli levels in Big Creek

3. Critical Issue Three: Increased volume of stormwater severely eroding banks of Little Creek

4. Approval of Minutes and Financial Report

Are we knowledgeable about our programs?

What do we offer?

Why do we offer each program and service?

How are they used?

Who participates?

How do they fulfill our mission?

How do we regularly assess our own work?

Did we achieve our goals?

If not, what do we need to do differently?

Are we fulfilling our mission?

Are we serving our customers?

Are our processes and procedures appropriate?

Do we hold an appropriate range of expertise and diversity?

Age

Type of work

Gender

Skills

Experiences

Other?

Developing the appropriate range of expertise and diversity

What are three ways to improve variety of expertise, skills, experiences, and knowledge on your board?

What are three ways partner organizations can help you with director recruitment?

Do we understand roles of board & staff?Envision future

Manage present

Take risks

Approve budget

Prepare budget

Write annual plan

Raise funds

Manage employees

Assess district manager performance

Evaluate program effectiveness

A Board’s Job

• Big picture, not minutia

• Direction, not management

• Coaching

• Develop leadership partnership with staff

• Message

• Responsible for success or failure

Summary

• Your time is expensive, so make the most of the time you give to the district.

• If it is worth it to have an employee (which it is!), it is worth it to let them know the plan for them; to follow through; and reward their performance.

• Know your district’s priorities and the causes for which you work!

Summary

• Have fun!• Take it seriously (but

not too seriously)!• Interact with others

about district priorities.• Communicate with

other districts.• Get active in your

watershed!