Succession Planning

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• Succession Planning
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• Clubs and Divisions

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Succession planning for clubs and divisions

• Session objectives
• Avoid obstacles to developing quality club and
  division leadership
• Outline a model for a leadership pipeline
• Define best practices for leadership development

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Going from good ... to great!

• A great organization
• Renews leadership at all levels
• Creates a leadership pipeline
• Embraces succession planning

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Apprentice leadership

• Aligns leaders to core principles
• Gets the right people in the right jobs
• Leadership is learned and practiced
• Successful leaders to move on to the next level

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Best practices

• Find future leaders from new members.
• Define leadership roles and expectations.
• Train and equip leaders.
• Leaders identify and develop other leaders.
• Recognize achievement.

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Successor management

• Where do we find leaders?
• How will the leaders be selected?

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Successor management

• What are the leaders responsibilities?
• Where do they get training?
• What resources are available?

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Finding future leaders

• New members who are doers
• Active committee members
• Successful committee chairpersons

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Define leadership roles

• Job descriptions
• Duties
• Responsibilities
• Clear, thorough, and current
• Time commitment
• Expectations

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Train and equip leaders

• Train all leaders.
• Utilize standard training outlines.
• Focus on best practices.
• Connect leaders with resources.

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Leaders develop other leaders

• Leaders focus on volunteer management
• Share the workload
• Support the members
• Show appreciation
• Nominating committee identifies leaders
• Year-round, standing committee
• Continual leadership development and grooming

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Recognize achievement

• Thanking volunteers
• Be timely and appropriate.
• Add value to membership.
• Reward involvement.
• Give incentive to accept leadership.

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Question answer
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• Its time to lead!

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• Succession Planning
• for
• Clubs and Divisions