By Barbara Andres PhD Breakthrough Wichita, Ks director30@hotmail.com Clubhouse Leadership By Barbara Andres PhD Breakthrough Wichita, Ks director30@hotmail.com
What skills do we need as Clubhouse leaders? Who are Clubhouse directors? What are the dominate leadership skills of directors? Do certain skills impact Clubhouse outcomes? Does high leadership scores impact Clubhouse effectiveness?
Competing Values Framework Collaborative Empathizer Facilitator Mentor Creative Innovator Visionary Motivator Control Monitor Coordinator Regulator Competing Producer Competitor Driver
Research Design Surveyed 114 Clubhouse in the United States Surveyed a director, a member and a staff person in most Clubhouses to identify leadership skills Collected Clubhouse demographics and program outcomes
Performance Measures Number of active members Number of members employed Perception on effectiveness indicators Performance as a role model Conceiving change efforts Leading change Having an impact
Demographics% Majority of Clubhouse directors are women (61%) Clubhouse directors are getting old! 47% over the age of 50 45% of CH directors have less than 5 years of experience
CH program size in the US remains the same over the past 6 years Average daily attendance is 43 members Average active members 169 Average employment rate is 39 members CH director are well educated ( 60%) have graduate degrees 40% of CH directors have Bachelor Degrees
Leadership Skills 1-Collaborative Empathizer (4) Facilitator (1) Mentor (5) 2-Creative Innovator (6) Visionary (7) Motivator (8) 3-Control Monitor (9) Coordinator (10) Regulator (2) 4-Competing Producer (3) Competitor (12) Driver (11)
Collaborator Facilitator: Encouraging, Participation Empathizer: Showing concern Mentor: Developing people Clubhouse Participatory Leadership Decentralized structure, Horizontal form of supervision Atmosphere of trust Team decision utilizing consensus
Creative Innovator: Initiating significant change Visionary: Anticipating customers needs Motivator: Inspires people to exceed expectations Clubhouse Participatory Leadership New ideas welcomed Change occurs often Celebrates goal accomplishments Communicates vision and values
Control Monitor: Expecting accurate work Coordinator: Controlling projects Regulator: Clarifying policies Clubhouse Participatory Leadership Trusting members and staff to do a good job
Compete Producer: Modeling a hard work ethic Competitor: Focusing on the competition Driver: Emphasizing speed Clubhouse Participatory Leadership Goal oriented and keeps work moving
How does this information help? Personnel issues, Managing Staff Member Relationships Interaction with government funders, politics, and bureaucracy Private fundraising and community engagement