Things change when one moves from being a committee or board member to the chair or president or chair of that committee or board.

1. So, You’re A Leader Now

2. Transitioning from Organization Member to Committee / Board Member to Committee / Board Chair or President

3. How do roles change when one steps into a leadership role?

4. How do roles change when one steps into a leadership role?

5. Role as an Advocate of Positions Decreases

7. Leads

8. Directs

10. What’s Your Style of Leadership? What Styles of Leadership Have You Experienced As Effective?

11. VISION

12. 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?

13. Identify your destination and the direction / pathway by which you want to get there.

14. 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.

16. Be strategic in where you place items.

18. What’s Your Worst Nightmare?

19. 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?

20. Boards & Committees that get something done – get something accomplished, require actively engaged board members. BORED Members make for Disengaged BOARD members.

21. Frustrated, Angry Board Members lead to misdirected engagement – WASTED ENERGY.

22. Frustrated, Angry Board Members can lead to an unpleasant / painful experience for the Chair

23. 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.

24. 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.

26. Keeping discussions focused on the motions at hand.

27. Allocating time fairly and appropriately.

28. Motions from committees.

29. Motions of the chair

30. Remember, as Chair, you should manage the discussion not focus on advocating a position.

32. Leadership Style

35. No Consensus = No Commitment

36. No Consensus No Commitment No Care Nothing Gets Accomplished

37. Consensus is a PROCESS NOT A DICTATE

38. Without a free expression AND acceptance of varying and diverse ideas & opinions, you won’t get consensus.

39. This doesn’t “Just Happen.” Leaders make / allow / ensure that it happens, while not falling apart into chaos.

40. This is natural

41. This takes effort, practice, and leadership.

42. GREAT things can happen and be accomplished.

43. Who is on your team? Who did you put on your team? Why?

44. It’s NOT magic or guesswork. It’s strategic and requires thought & effort.

45. All teams need time to develop and mesh. A group of individuals does NOT equal a team.

46. Believe it or not, leadership doesn’t always = FUN

47. Some group building exercises are more effective than others, but don’t be afraid to experiment

48. Leaders are “in the arena.”

49. TheEnd