Leadership and Motivation

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Leadership and Motivation

• Dave Triplett, MIPGM Richard Roblee, MIPGM

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The cycles of life and the lifecycles of
organizations have three things in common

• A Period of - Growth
• A Period of Stability
• Followed by
• A Period of Decline

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Growth

• That period of time in which a creature or
  organization grows or matures

growth
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Stability

• Stability That period of time in which the
  organization is mature and keeps the status quo.

Stability
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Decline

• The end of the lifecycle for the organization or
  creature. When it is limited and becomes less
  viable.

Decline
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Stopping the Cycle
How to prevent the extinction of an organization
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• Changes in the organization which significantly
  moves it into the growth cycle.Examples
• Our Eagle and DDT.
• Boise School District and open enrollment.
• Operative lodges to Speculative lodges.

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Retooling and Reinvention

• Or How to bring an organization back from the
  brink of extinction

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Stories of extinction

• The Wooly Mammoth
• Allis Chalmers

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Stories of Success

• Girl Scouts
• Public Education
• Microsoft
• Horse
• Honey bees
• Others?

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Tao Te Ching

• Natures Ways are needed to perfect the changes
  upon which an organization survives(observe and
  follow)
• Give birth to it and nourish it.Produce it but
  don't possess it.Act without expectation.Excel,
  but don't take charge.This is called Mysterious
  Virtue.(Lao Tzu)

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Mission Statementsincludes

• High Points of an organization
• Where it is going and where it comes from in as
  few ideas and words as possible

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Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth
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Christ approach to this in his last statement was
to love one another as I have loved you. This
can be seen as the mission statement of a
Christian.
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Break Out Session 1

• Develop a mission statement for York Rite
  Masonry. What is it and what is its purpose for
  being?

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Developing the tools necessary for survival,
change, and the implementation of the mission
statement.
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Enthusiasm
Nothing great happens without Enthusiasm. So, If
you cant be Enthusiastic, act Enthusiastic.
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Praise and Criticism

• Gently Admonish
• Use the Complement technique
• Positive statements before the reformation
• Let the rose bloom and not be a control addict.
  Most of us already know when we have made a
  mistake.

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Change! Why Change?

• Understanding the organization
• How and when to change that organization.
• When to refocus on the basics

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The Types of Change

• What is change
• The reasons for change
• Who are we changing
• Where do we want to go

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Recognize

• That no unified or single idea of what Masonry is
  and what it does. Can there be?
• No one speaks for all Masons. Is this a good
  thing?
• The best changes are the changes we can make at
  the local or at most the state level.

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Recognize

• York Rite Masonry is by its very nature dependant
  on the Masonic Lodge for its membership.

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Brainstorming

• Ideas must be implementable at the local or state
  levels.
• Ideas cannot cost lots of money to implement.
• 3) Ideas must be scalable and work in both small
  and large lodges.
• 4) Ideas must accomplish the goals of the mission
  statement

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Break Out Sessions 2

• In the groups, discuss ideas to bring about the
  changes you think the fraternity needs and
  therefore positively effect York Rite Masonry.
• Record suggestions and Ideas
• Bring them to the whole group

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The End is always the Beginning
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Find the Journeys End

• With Each Step

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