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