1. 2018 Leadership Meeting, New Orleans
Leadership Labs
2018 Leadership Meeting, New Orleans

2. Welcome!
Sign-in Sheet
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3. Reminder: Pre-Reads & Resource Packet
Overview of the Board of Directors
Composition of the Board
Responsibilities of the Board
Board Committees
Responsibilities of a Board Member
Benefits of Board Experience
Board Meeting Schedule
INTA Deliverable Guidelines
Surveys
Reports
INTA Bulletin articles
The Trademark Reporter articles
Request for Study by the Impact Studies Committee
Proposals for programming including:
Roundtables
Webcast
Annual Meeting session
Leadership Meeting session
1-day conference
2-day conference
Amicus Brief procedures
Internet Committee Comment Guidelines
Building Bridges Committee intake form
Other resources, including:
Factsheets
Checklists
Committee Management Toolkit
2018 –2021 Strategic Plan
2018 –2019 Committee Structure
2018 –2019 Committee Descriptions
Expectations Documents for
Committee Chairs & Vice Chairs
Subcommittee Chairs
Committee Members
Staff Liaisons
Committee Objectives Toolkit
Leadership Transition Roadmap
Sample Committee Record Templates
INTA Committee Performance Toolkit

4. Who: What: When & Where: Why: 5 W’s of the Labs
Leadership Development Committee (LDC)
“Leadership Lab” Subcommittee
INTA Committee Leaders (Chairs and Vice Chairs, and now Subcommittee Co-chairs)
Who:
Labs are in-person meetings of committee leaders to exchange ideas, concerns, and learnings and crowd-source solutions
What:
At the INTA Leadership Meetings
This is the 3rd year we’re offering Labs
When & Where:
Develop more effective leaders and enrich the experience of INTA members
Identifying common issues encountered while leading INTA committees
Create awareness of existing useful resources
Identify new resources needed
Why:

5. How the Labs Work An interactive exchange (a discussion not a lecture)
Identify yourself (name, role, committee) when you speak the first time
Share what has worked and (more importantly) what hasn’t
A board member or former board member will drop in to share a board perspective

6. Topics Committee Objectives & Deliverables Dealing with Non-Performers
Succession Planning
Developing Rising Stars
Thinking Ahead for Transition
Resources and Training
Board Perspective

7. Where Are We Now? Jan. 2018 – Term Began May 2018 – Annual Meeting
June 2019 Committee Application
and Nominations Process
Next Lab
Jan – Term Began
May 2018 – Annual Meeting
Nov – Leadership Meeting (Mid Term)
May 2019 – Annual Meeting
Nov – Leadership Meeting
Dec Term Ends

8. Committee Objectives and Deliverables
Making steady progress on deliverables?
Concerned you will not deliver on all of them?
What obstacles or challenges have you encountered so far?
How have you navigated around them?
Has anyone had to adjust their deliverables?
If so, how?

9. Dealing with Non-performing Committee Members
How do you address your non-performers?
Are the INTA Guidelines helpful and effective?
How do you encourage and facilitate participation?
How do you empower and support your subcommittee co-chairs to handle non-performers?
Have you conducted a 360 review of your leadership with your sub-committee co-chairs and staff liaison?
Are you empowering and mentoring your subcommittee leaders and committee members?
Are the non-performers failing to perform as a result of your leadership?

10. Resources and Training
What do you know now that you wish you knew at the beginning of the term?
What resources would you have liked to been provided at the beginning of the term?
What resources do you still need?
What training do you wish committee chairs, vice-chairs, and sub-committee co-chairs had to prepare for these roles?

12. Board Perspective
What should committees actually achieve and prioritize?
How can Chairs and Vice Chairs better empower committee members?
How important are nominations from Chairs and Vice Chairs?
How to craft meaningful nominations?
What criteria is important to the Nominating Committee?
Recommendations for identifying and advocating for rising stars?
Other ways to advocate for the rising stars if they’re ready for a committee chair or vice chair role yet?