Nurturing Your Chapter from Within Nurturing Your Chapter from Within

We have to lead and provide order within our universe!

Leadership is not what it used to be.

Leadership may have to come in a different package. Its got to be credible… overall, its about credibility, walking the talk. Anne Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO, Xerox

Where do we find leaders today?

Leaders arent born… theyre developed. (You cant buy them on e-Bay either!)

This is your Mission. This is your business. This is why you have an NMA chapter!

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self- discipline with all of them came first. Harry S. Truman

At NMA, we want to change the way you think about leadership. Its not about position.

Leadership is NOT by itself good or desirable…

Leadership is a MEANS. Leadership TO WHAT END is thus the crucial question. Peter Drucker

As a chapter officer, what do you want to DO ??????????? Where do you want to GO ????

… and we do reap what we sow!

NMA is all about nurturing… watering your own seeds and cultivating others!

As an NMA chapter leader, YOU have your hand on the wheel.

Leading at work Leading in your community Leading your chapter The competencies, attributes, and behaviors are all the same!

Models help us visualize what were trying to achieve. They also establish behavioral expectations for leaders at all levels.

And that starts with YOU… Demonstrating the NMA Leadership Competencies

Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power) Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results) Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust) Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Your Mission... Make your NMA leadership development chapter absolutely irresistible. Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Engage in discovery... Put your chapter under the microscope… and start asking questions. Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Does your chapter... Address local needs if youre a community chapter? Provide opportunities to reinforce the companys culture? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Does it... Build networks both internally and externally, in the company or the community? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Does executive management see… Increased communication between and among their people? Real opportunities for collaboration and teamwork? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

How does the chapter Provide practical leadership development opportunities? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power) Address the need for leadership development at all levels of an organization?

Is the chapter attractive to up & coming leaders? Is your chapter where its AT? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Is the chapter seen as a place where… Executives can reinforce their visions and communicate their values? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Do you have testimonials to prove that the chapter... Reinforces lifelong learning? Allows employees to voluntarily assume responsibility for their own growth and development? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

Are you mobilizing others? How does the chapter enhance its own or the companys image in the community? Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power)

NMA Leadership Model Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power) Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results) Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust) Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Leadership is all about movement… taking your NMA chapter from where it is… on to higher ground. You are the Leaders… so make it happen. Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Dont confuse managing the chapter with leading the chapter… Managing means keeping the chapter on track; Leading means laying new track… doing MORE and becoming more value added! Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

How well do you know your 4 customers? Chapter members Executive Management or Community Leaders Human Resource / Training Department Potential members Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

What are you doing to attract younger members? Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

How and how well do you interact with executive management? Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Go to the top… To maximize your chapters potential, why not walk into the CEOs office and ask... Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers) What can the chapter take off of your plate?

Have you become part of the training process? Support your HRD/Training Department… Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Envision your future… Visible and valuable Totally focused A discernable asset A Learning & Leadership Laboratory NMA… THE PLACE TO BE Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Challenge To be vital To be a communication link To become a preferred business partner Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

Challenge Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers) Your chapter must EARN a seat at the table!

NMA Leadership Model Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power) Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results) Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust) Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

You are in charge of delivering the goods! If its to be, its up to me! Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

Are you current & relevant? When was the last time you updated your vision or mission statement… or your chapter name? Chapter Bylaws Mission Statement Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

Are you married? Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

How is the chapter perceived in your marketplace? Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

What do people say about the chapter behind closed doors? Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

How are YOU perceived? Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

Promote and utilize NMAs newest training programs NMA Live OnLine! Workshops NMA LeaderLabs Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

One last question... Are you thinking strategically? Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results)

NMA Leadership Model Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change (inspire and engage others, share power) Engender Organizational Capability (build teams, nurture creativity, deliver results) Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust) Set Direction (envision the future, share vision, focus on customers)

You are the Leaders… so you have to set the example. Leadership is all about influence … its really not about power or position. Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust)

Leadership is about: You, what you do, & how people respond Your positive influence Moving from details to the big picture Pushing those with potential Doing what Peter Drucker told you! Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust)

Maintaining the status quo is not an option. You have been called upon to LEAD… Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust)

Conduct yourself as a leader Model what? Stay where? Demonstrate what? Seek what? Exercise? Accept what? What else? Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust)

How do you build relationships? Communicate, communicate, communicate!!! Forward NMA Breaktime to ALL the chapter leaders… and anyone else in your address book. Demonstrate Personal Character (foster relationships, model integrity, build trust)

A Results-Oriented Leadership Model Mobilize Individual Commitment for Change Set Direction Engender Organizational Capability Demonstrate Personal Character This is YOUR Model Your competencies to develop… and your opportunity to introduce positive change

Dare to dream…

Success is realized…

Thank you!