1. 1 Journey To Excellence: A path of continuous improvement

2. Objectives Understand the 2015 Journey to Excellence requirements. Become familiar with and recognize what information the insight reports tell about a lodge. Realize why these requirements are important to the continuous improvement efforts of a lodge. Use the outputs of the Journey to Excellence Insights to create a plan for improvement.

3. Journey Definition: A course taken or direction travelled. Improvement is continuous, not an end goal.

4. Why JTE? Gives lodges areas to focus on. Dynamic – changes every year to foster continuous improvement and growth. Raises the bar – it’s difficult to succeed in all of the requirements! Insights reports – show lodges how they are doing.

5. The requirements Finance Membership Program Unit service Council support Leadership and governance

6. Finance

7. Membership

8. Program

9. Unit service

10. Council support

11. Leadership and governance

12. 8 key metrics Density Retention Support per member Units requesting Induction rate Brotherhood conversion Service hours per member Event participation

13. Density

14. Retention

15. Support per member

16. Units requesting

17. Induction rate

18. Brotherhood conversion

19. Service hours per member

20. Event participation

21. Secondary metrics % youth Membership distribution Growth % % dues of financial support Election completion Conclave participation Camp promotion LEC ratio LEC trained

22. Improvement is a journey! Share best practices with other lodges. Move through 8 key metrics and solve problems!

23. Tips/Tricks Be creative! Think outside of the box! Plan, mobilize and deliver Analyze what is, decide how to change, communicate that to your team Know your territory and your members.