1. Club Presidents-Elect
Optimist International Leadership Development
Club Presidents-Elect
Seminar
Part 2
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Leading Your Team
T.E.A.M.
Together Everyone Achieves More!
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Motivate and Manage
Light a fire under your Members (motivate)
Run along beside them (manage)
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Brainstorm
Ways a President can Motivate Volunteers?
List and prioritize
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Ways to Motivate
Be Enthusiastic
Be Optimistic
Be Friendly/Outgoing
Call people by name
Listen and Respect
Write personal thank-you notes
Teach others
Invite them to conferences
Recognize
Thank
Appreciate
Care
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“People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
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7. Manage: Ask and Recognize
Repeat this simple two-step system hundreds of times in a variety of ways
President is a “people” job
Match request with the capability or level of involvement
Recognize consistent with level of achievement
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How to Ask
What you want done
Why they would be the one to do it
Give them direction and expectations
Give them “ownership” of the task
Ask them for ideas to implement
Be excited when they suggest actions
Be flexible to allow them authority
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Brainstorming
What could you ASK a member to do?
List many from easy to difficult
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Things to Ask
Greet at the door
Pledge to Flag (or Toast)
Recruit a new member
Arrange a program
Lead the Optimist Creed
Give an Invocation
Sell Raffle Tickets
Serve on a Committee
Be Chair of a Committee
Write Club Bulletin
Go to District Conference
Visit a new club with you
Build a New Club
Others?
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Recognize
Publicly Recognize Members for their effort and achievement and added value to the Club.
Consistent relative to accomplishment
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Brainstorm
List some of the many ways a President can Recognize Volunteers
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Ways to Recognize
Write a personal note of “congratulations” or “thank you”
Thank them in person
Pat them on the back
Smile at them
Give the “thumbs-up”
Recognize them from podium
Put their name in Bulletin
Put their name in Newspaper
Give the a “certificate”
“Member of the Week”
Recognize birthdays and anniversaries
Handshake
Others
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14. Delegating Committees
(Next)
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