Leadership Attributes Visioning

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Leadership AttributesVisioning Ethics

• Pacific Region Leadership
• July 11, 2009

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Session Discussion Topics

• Defining what we mean by vision and ethics
• Why is Visioning Important
• How to Create and Communicate a Vision
• Visioning Exercise
• Ethics and Ethical Leadership
• Members Watch What You Do
• Demonstrating Ethical Leadership

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Defining Visioning

• Visioning involves a community of people
  developing ideas and setting the stage.
• Creating a picture of where your Chapter is going
  that allows the reader or listener to create a
  mind image.

WORDS MATTER
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Why is Visioning Important?

• Engages members (Board)
• Fosters creativity
• Allows members to see where the chapter is going
• Gives members the ability to know where they can
  contribute.

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How to Create and Communicate Visions?

• Be specific about goals and objectives
• Use words that create a picture of where you want
  to go
• Communicate early and often
• Add the vision into various chapter communication
  all year
• Build into your theme for the year
• Visual aides - Cards, tokens at meetings

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Visioning Exercise
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Visioning

• Start by doing a few exercises with your chapter
  leadership
• Really think about the 1 to 3 things you would
  like to accomplish this year
• Put pictures to your words
• Use the images throughout the year to
  remind/reinforce what your vision is for the
  chapter

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Ethics and Ethical Leadership

• Doing what is right
• Doing what you say you will do
• Remembering that you have a fiduciary duty to the
  Chapter members
• Remembering you have a responsibility to the
  Association
• Ethical leadership should be visible

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Members Will Watch What You Do

• Members will look to see of you
• a. Have Chapters best interest
• b. Do what you say walk the talk
• c. Honor commitments
• d. Advocate for chapter and members
• e. Respect sponsors
• f. Demonstrate appreciation
• g. Attend functions

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Members Will Watch What You Do (contd)

• g. Reward or acknowledge contributions
• h. Manage finances judiciously (does not mean
  being tight-fisted)
• i. Do you live up to what you say is important

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Demonstrating Ethical Leadership

• A. Communicate leadership decisions
• B. Be visible
• Dont sign up for a board position and never go
  to Board meetings on Chapter activities
• C. Do what you say youre going to do
• Tell them what your chapter is going to do
• Do it
• Tell them when you have done it
• D. Be open to feedback
• None of us are perfect
• Listen to others concerns when appropriate
  address it

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Demonstrating Ethical Leadership (contd)

• E. Dont let festering problems linger
• Dont hope you can wait a problem out
• Address it
• If a person, privately
• If a process, let the members know you are
  changing and why - publically
• F. Be constructive in feedback or guidance of
  other chapter leaders
• Be specific
• G. Finances
• Communicate up front on budget (including funding
  of Board to leadership)
• Develop use criteria

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Leaders vs. Managers

• Leaders outward thinkers (how does what I do
  affect others) and how can I create a vision for
  them to own
• Managers downward thinkers (reports only)
• Leaders vision, think ahead
• Managers task oriented - near or immediate
• Leaders Focused on future invest changes let
  their team manage day-to-day
• Managers Focus on day-to-day
• Both Leaders Managers are ethical even in
  difficult times/situations

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Being Ethical Is a Choice

• Ethical behavior doing what is right
• Respecting others
• Taking in feedback
• Looking for solutions not pointing finger