Dont Make This Your Swan Song

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Dont Make This Your Swan Song

• Where Are You Headed Next?

National Advisors for Chapters Talent Management
Committee Steve Borowiec Cindy Huggett Meloney
Sallie-Dosunmu Kathy Shurte, Chair
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Objectives

• As a result of this session, participants will
• be able to
• Use self reflection as a tool to assess and
  communicate leadership skills.
• Respond to NAC interview questions, such as
  reflecting on challenges and communicating
  accomplishments.
• List the steps in the NAC interview process.

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Personal Mastery

• the need for leaders to know and manage
  themselves, their strengths, and their
  weaknesses to have strong interpersonal skills
  and emotional intelligence to communicate
  effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to
  continuously test their own assumptions and learn
  from them and to have the personal resilience to
  handle the pace and stress of todays work
  world.
• Forum Corporations Leadership Practice

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Leadership Competencies

• Personal Leadership
• Possesses a Strong Sense of Vision
• Demonstrates Critical Thinking
• Exhibits Self Confidence and Assertiveness
• Communicates Effectively
• Teamwork and Commitment
• Builds a Cohesive Team Environment
• Motivates Others
• Association Management
• Provides Strategic Direction
• Sets Mission-Focused Goals
• Seizes and Maximizes Opportunities
• Workplace Learning and Performance Awareness
• Assess Others
• Develops Others
• Models Workplace Learning and Performance
  Practices

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Self Reflection Questions

• How am I creating open and trusting environments
  where chapter board members openly share their
  views and ideas?
• How do I lead from my core values? What changes
  can I make to lead more consistently from my
  values?
• What strategic questions might I ask to enable
  change in my chapter?

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Self Reflection Questions

• What do I do well as a leader?
• When did I facilitate a collaborative solution to
  a conflict?
• What did I bring to my chapter that will remain
  long after Im gone?
• What skills or attributes do I have with which I
  can make a bigger impact within the society
  and/or the profession?

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NAC Nomination Process

• Applications received and reviewed according to
  eligibility criteria
• Eligible candidates scheduled for first round
  interviews with a member of NAC Talent Management
  Committee (NTMC)
• Candidate interviewed by NTMC
• NTMC reviews scores of first round interviews and
  determines candidates for second round interviews

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NAC Nomination Process

• Candidates are scheduled for 2nd round interviews
  with two members of NTMC
• NTMC reviews second round interviews and
  determines which candidates will be recommended
  to become members of NAC
• Candidates names are submitted to ASTD Board for
  approval
• ASTD Board approves new NAC members

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Other National Committees

• Candidates not selected for NAC could be eligible
  to serve on other ASTD National committees
• CORE
• CRC (chapter recognition)
• LDT (leadership development)
• Candidates should indicate interest on application

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Sample NAC Interview Questions

• Give an example of how you coached an ASTD
  chapter leader through a challenging situation.
  What specifically did you do and what were the
  results?

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Sample NAC Interview Questions

• Give an example of a time from your ASTD
  experience where you were not successful in using
  your influence skills. What specifically did you
  do and what would you have done differently in
  hindsight?

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Timeline

• Friday, June 8, 2007 LAST DAY to submit
  application
• June 16-22, 2007 1st round interviews
• June 27-July 7, 2007 2nd round interviews
• August 2, 2007 ASTD Board of Directors approves
  recommended candidates
• August 3, 2007 - Candidates notified of status

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Questions

• What questions do you have?

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2007 Talent Management Committee

• Steve Borowiec
• sborowie_at_unf.edu
• Cindy Huggett
• cindy.huggett_at_achieveglobal.com
• Meloney Sallie-Dosunmu
• sallmj_at_justborn.com
• Kathy Shurte
• kshurte_at_broward.org