National Urban League Young Professionals

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National Urban League Young Professionals 2012
Whitney M Young Leadership Development
Conference Project Lead, Learn, Grow Empower
Creating Goals for Your YP Chapter
Rahshib Thomas, PHR Eastern Region Vice President
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Desired Outcomes

• Align with NUL Leadership Competency
• Discuss what we know about goals
• Discuss alignment with Affiliate, Regional
  National
• Discuss execution motivation
• Have Strategy Sidebars
• Practice what weve discussed
• Share inspiration

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Strategic View Competency

• Understanding the interaction between several
  complex components and the ability to look ahead
  consistently, to a longer time span of horizon.
  Having a shared vision with your Board, and then
  advancing your agenda in this complex
  environment.
• Look beyond the day to day
• Think across borders
• Manage the interaction of funding cycle time,
  strategy, and resource requirements

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Strategic View Defined

• Look beyond the day to day. Ensure you are
  looking up, past the day to day crisis management
  and are positioning the organization well in the
  community for a sustainable future. Evaluate
  progress against the strategic goals. Complete
  strategic planning aligned with National and
  local strategy.
• Think across borders to increase scale and
  coordination, CEOs must think across their
  borders, regionally.
• Manage the interaction of funding cycle time,
  strategy, and resource requirements The ability
  to understand how the funding the CEO wants to
  pursue relates to the national and local
  strategy, the needs of the community, the timing
  of the program, and the resources required.
  (Note this is beyond project management and into
  strategic planning).

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Lets be Honest with Ourselves

• Stable, meaningful external affairs don't occur
  until we've experienced an internal stirring.
• -p.185
• Failing to deal with internal issues effect many,
  if not all, areas of your lifeespecially
  executing goals.

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What do you get when you Google Goal Setting?
Goal Setting
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Goal Setting

• pecific
• easurable
• ttainable
• elevant/Realistic
• ime-targeted

• S
• M
• A
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• Provide a sense of direction and purpose
• Capitalize on our brain power to achieve
• Convert strategy into targets

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Common Chapter Goals

• Increase membership
• Raise money
• Increase volunteer hours
• Increase member engagement
• Become a better leader
• Increase affiliate give

Whats not SMART about these?
Chapter leaders have the vision, Someone on your
team may know how to make it SMART
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Past Goals
Were they

• Motivating
• Well-rounded
• Not too easy, not too hard but attainable
• An action statement
• Part of a shared goal (i.e. Involved people,
  required buy-in and participation)
• Help you grow internally (Did you include support
  from the affiliate/subject matter expert)

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At the Chapter Level

• When do we set goals in YP Chapters?
• How often do you check on your goals?
• Who has access to your goals?
• Where are your goals written down?

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Sidebar Strategic Planning
A process of defining strategy, direction, and
making decisions on allocating its resources to
pursue this strategy. Generally 1-3 or 3-5 years,
deal with at least one of three key questions

• What do we do?
• For whom do we do it?
• How do we excel?

• The key components include an understanding of
  the organization's vision, mission, values and
  strategies. Common approach
• Situation - evaluate the current situation and
  how it came about.
• Target - define goals and/or objectives (ideal
  state)
• Path / Proposal - map a possible route to the
  goals/objectives

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Cascading Aligning Goals

• What organizational forces impact your chapter
  goal setting?
• How do you manage?
• Whats the benefit to aligning goals?
• Tip Begin retreats with built in calendar items

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Start With Why

• Golden Circle
• Motivation
• Process
• Product

WHY? can correspond to an immediate goal, but
to truly inspire volunteers, the WHY should
align with overall intent/purpose
Leaders usually are good at the WHY? but your
team may have the HOW
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Goals by Brian Tracy

• Clarify your Values
• Analyze your Beliefs
• Determine Your True Goals
• Improve your Family Life and Relationship
• Optimize your Health and Wellness
• Associate with the Right People
• Manage Your Time
• Review and Visualize your Goals Continually
• Activate your Superconscious Mind

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4 Disciplines of Execution
Precise rules for translating strategy into
action at all levels of an organization. When
applied, produce extraordinary results by
tapping the desire to win that exists in every
individual.

• Discipline of Focus
• Discipline of Leverage
• Discipline of Engagement
• Discipline of Accountability
• What keeps you from executing your goals?

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Turning Goals Into Action

• Obstacles
• -Doing lesser priorities first
• -Not being organized
• -Losing focus

• Ways to make it happen
• Task lists (Outlook//Smartphones//Google
  Tasks//Reminders)
• Scheduled updates that are reported on during
  monthly/quarterly one-on-ones with your
  chapter/CEO
• Inspiration (Source) Use your own personal
  source of inspiration to motivate you

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Activity- Make these SMART
Instructions Pick one, follow the chart below.
You have 5 minutes
Increase membership Raise Money Increase
volunteer hours Increase member engagement
Become a better leader Increase affiliate give
My goal is to (Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Timely) WHY? To achieve my goal, Ill needto take the following actions Ill know that Im successful when(quantifiable measures)

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Sidebar Dilemma Management
Some complex problems simply do not have
"solutions." The key to being an effective leader
is being able to recognize and manage such
problems. Polarity Management by Barry Johnson
presents a unique model and set of principles
that will challenge you to look at situations in
new ways.


High Focus
Out of Focus
Pole A
Pole B
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High Focus
Out of Focus
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Departing Thoughts
National Urban League Young Professionals 2012
Whitney M Young Leadership Development
Conference Project Lead, Learn, Grow Empower
People often say that motivation doesnt last.
Well, neither does bathing --- thats why we
recommend it daily. -Zig Ziglar
Leaders should be just as intentional about
providing emotional value to members as they are
about providing rational value.
Organizational health is the single most
competitive advantage - Patrick Lencioni
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National Urban League Young Professionals 2012
Whitney M Young Leadership Development
Conference Project Lead, Learn, Grow Empower
Questions
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National Urban League Young Professionals 2012
Whitney M Young Leadership Development
Conference Project Lead, Learn, Grow Empower