pass it on

How to Make Goals, Ideas and Attitudes Spread and Stick with Your Chapter

Julia Pitlyk & Isaac Robinson III

Can I Quote You on That?

• Share:– Name– High School– Grade

• Read Quote:– How or why it applies to leadership?

Pass It On• Range of Leadership Positions– Team– Organization: DECA!– Classroom– Family

• Power of a Good Idea

• Problem of a Good Idea– Set into Motion : Pass It On

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

• Ultimate leadership quality1) Encourages openness in your team2) Builds your trust as a leader3) Increases spread of your ideas

• What’s Twenty Dollars Worth?

Express Yourself

• “Goals are dreams that have been said out loud.”

• Declare Your Goals!– Increase possibility of actually succeeding!– Turn your passion into action

• Gain support of team, peers, mentors– Feedback

The Negative Neds/Nancys

• Types of Negativity & Their Sources– Constructive– Obstructive

• How to Deal – Ask “Why?”

Negativity Types• The Resisters -- They rail against anything different• The Wobbly —They are constantly shifting moods and expect others to

adjust • The Gossipers -- They spread rumors and tell inappropriate personal

tidbits • The Blamers—They are constantly blaming others • The Victims—They believe people are out to get them • The Adhesives--They can’t let go, even things that happened years ago• The Pessimists--They always expect the worst case scenario• The Boilers—They will blow over the slightest provocation• The Complainers—They feel everything is wrong or will soon go wrong• The Choosers—They are constantly pitting one group against another• The Detached-- They feel most everything is dumb or beneath them• The Self-Absorbed--They are constantly grabbing credit or attention

• How did you feel during the exercise? Did you feel "heard" by your partner?

• What do you remember your partner grumbling about? Did you or they provide any solutions?

• In what ways do we fall into grumbling conversations in our daily interactions? Are these productive?

• How can they be made more productive?• What does this exercise say about listening

skills?

Build Your Team

• Empower Members, Make Your Goal Happen

• Delegate Responsibility

• Create Personal Investment

• Give Feedback

Trashcan Ball!

Player 1

NO instruction & NO feedback

– Say: “Behind you” or “In front of you”

– NO: Measuring distance or encouragement

Trashcan Ball!

Player 2

YES instruction & NO feedback

– Say: “You are ___ feet from the can” – or “Directly in front of you”

– NO: Positive encouragement

Trashcan Ball!

Player 3

NO instruction & YES feedback

– Say: “You are doing so well!” – or “Way to go!”

– NO: Anything that offers or measures direction

Trashcan Ball!

Player 4

YES instruction & YES feedback

– Say: Positive encouragement and specific direction towards the can

– NO: Negativity or vague instructions

Trashcan Ball

• Frustrated?

• How important is:– Feedback?– Specific Feedback & Instructions?– Encouragement?

Don’t Quit, Commit

• Manage Roadblocks:

– Stress

– Set-Backs

– Re-Evaluations

Finish Strong• Reinforce goals with your team

• Ask for Feedback

• Revitalize your ideas through the process

• Update your team on progress

• Be grateful

Take Away

• Build Respect• Express Your Goals• Manage Negativity• Build Your Team• Push Through Obstacles• Maintain Movement towards Success

• Make a Plan of Action– Rule of 5: What can you do each day?

Contact Us

• Julia Pitlyk – julia.pitlyk@gmail.com

• Isaac Robinson – irobinson@truman.edu