So, You're a Leader Now

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.”

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