Best Practices

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Best Practices

• Presented by
• Carla Orner MBA, MT (ASCP)

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Learn from the Master

• Why spend hours reinventing the wheel, the
  procedure, the chart, etc. when somebody else has
  already done it?
• Pet Maniquis,
• POCT coordinator for 23 laboratories
• Membership chair KC CLMA
• Co-chair Heart of America POC network
• Technical Director, Heart to Heart Disaster
  Laboratory
• World traveler, artist, Master Gardener and a
  woman that knows how to have fun

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Platinum Standards

• What are the Platinum Standards?
• What can my Chapter do?
• I need help!

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Chapter Success Winners 2006

• LEADERSHIP ADMINISTRATION
• Kansas City, Carla Orner
• EXECUTIVE INVOLVEMENT
• Colorado, John Allen
• MEMBERSHIP
• Chicago, Keith Nelson
• Greater Los Angeles, Sarina Rodriques

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More Chapter Success Winners

• EDUCATION
• Kansas City, Connie Broers
• FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
• Chicago, Corrine Cagney
• COMMUNICATION
• Chicago, Marilyn Nelson

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Plus

• Chapter Website
• Alabama, Johnetta Balk
• Young members
• Bay State, Kevin OConnell

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Table Breakouts

• 30 minutes
• Split up
• Pick the area you want to improve immediately
• List best ideas
• Reconvene at 220 to report out

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Think Lab 2nd Registration Discount

• Presented by
• Carla Orner MBA, MT (ASCP)

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How does it work?

• One CLMA member pays full price
• A second member goes for half price
• Second member must be first time attendee
• Register at the same time
• Money comes from the Chapter

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Scholarship

• Use Standard form (see materials)
• Must be CLMA member
• Name and contact info of supervisor
• Essay on why they want to attend ThinkLab

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Scholarships

• Do not pay for whole shebang
• KC CLMA offers registration and 500
• Choose carefully
• Presentation to Chapter of favorite topic
• Builds excitement at chapter level for ThinkLab
• Great education
• Must attend meetings
• Must serve on a standing committee

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How does it really work?
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KC CLMA pres-elect two new BOD
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The Chapter gains strong involved members
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Deb Faller, former winner

• Once a member attends ThinkLab they are hooked.

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Just Say No

• Presented by
• Carla Orner MBA, MT (ASCP)
• Connie ( NO!) Broers, MT (ASCP)

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Pop Quiz

• How many of you have
• More than 4 weeks vacation on the books
• Worked at least 16 hours in one day in the last
  month
• Said the words Thats OK, Ill just do it.

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Whose Monkey is it?
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Download

• Allow people to do things,
• even if they do it slower
• not exactly the way you would do it
• Good for your organization
• Growth opportunity,
• Teach
• Succession planning
• More buy in from people when they do
  the work

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Council of Chapter Leaders

• Leaders
• Stop managing- Lead
• Offer opportunities to others

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Essential Operating skills

• According to Rob Moran
• Getting work done through others
• Delegation
• Developing direct reports and others
• Directing others
• Informing
• Managing and measuring work

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Leadership phrases

• How do you think you could accomplish that?
• What is your next step?
• What is your timeline?
• What resources will you need?

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Leadership tools

• Silence
• Nodding
• Encouragement
• Let them walk away and do it themselves
• Be sure the Monkey leaves with them

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