so, you're a leader now
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Things change when one moves from being a committee or board member to the chair or president or chair of that committee or board.TRANSCRIPT
So, You’re A Leader
Now
Transitioning from Organization Memberto Committee / Board Member
to Committee / Board Chair or President
How do roles change when one steps into a leadership role?
How do roles change when one steps into a leadership role?
Role as an Advocate of Positions Decreases
Changing Roles
Member• Offers Input• Led• Directed• Advocates
Leader• Encourages Input• Leads• Directs• Facilitates
What Type of Leader Are You?
What Type of Leader Do You Want to Be?
What Styles of Leadership Have You
Experienced As Effective?
What’s Your Style of Leadership?
VISION
Do you know where you want your board or committee to go?
What is your vision?Do members of your board or committee know about
and understand your vision?
Identify your destination and the direction / pathway by which you want to get there.
Agendas should be your friend that works
with & for you, not something that you work against or for.
An agenda sets a vision and roadmap for your meetings.
MEETING AGENDAS
• The leader MUST be INVOLVED in the development of the agenda – letting someone else set your agenda is shirking your duty.
• Be strategic in where you place items.
• Be prepared & informed.
What’s Your Worst Nightmare?
Have you ever felt like you were wasting your time at a meeting?
How you feel when you believe your time is being wasted?Who do you hold responsible?
Boards & Committees that get something done – get something accomplished, require actively engaged board members.
BORED Membersmake for
DisengagedBOARD members.
Frustrated, Angry Board Members lead to misdirected engagement – WASTED ENERGY.
Frustrated, Angry Board Members can lead to an unpleasant / painful experience for the Chair
Like an agenda, “Robert’s Rules of Order” should be your friend, a helpful tool to effectively manage meetings – Not a hammer to strong arm & force your positions.
Sometimes “Constructive Chaos” can be helpful & even desirable, but in limited quantities
Some knowledge of Robert’s Rules can be VERY helpful and bring
some order to what otherwise can be
disorganized and non-productive chaos.
• Having motions on the agenda ahead of time.
• Keeping discussions focused on the motions at hand.
• Allocating time fairly and appropriately.
• Motions from committees.• Motions of the chair• Remember, as Chair, you should
manage the discussion not focus on advocating a position.
• Keep in mind people have varying degrees of familiarity with parliamentary procedure
Keep discussions ON TRACKEffective.LEADERS can’t avoid this issue.Focus on the issue rather than the personality.
Leadership Style
No Consensus=
No Commitment
No ConsensusNo Commitment
No CareNothing Gets Accomplished
Consensus is a PROCESS NOT A DICTATE
Without a free expression AND acceptance of varying and diverse ideas & opinions, you
won’t get consensus.
This doesn’t “Just Happen.”Leaders make / allow / ensure that it happens, while not falling apart into
chaos.
This is natural
This takes effort, practice, and leadership.
GREAT things can happen and be accomplished.
Who is on your team?
Who did you put on your team?
Why?
It’s NOT magic or guesswork.It’s strategic and requires thought & effort.
All teams need time to develop and mesh.A group of individuals does NOT equal a team.
Believe it or not, leadership doesn’t always = FUN
Some group building exercises are more effective than others, but don’t be afraid to experiment
Leaders are “in the arena.”
TheEnd