1. UTILIZING LODGE TALENT
Retaining the Talent
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

2. Learning Objectives
Know that the key to “Utilizing Lodge Talent” is ”Retaining the talent”
Know and understand the importance of identifying and recruiting arrowmen
Understand the importance that communication, recognition and program have on retaining the talent
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

3. Hypothetical
You are the brotherhood projects committee chairman or advisor
The lodge has been in a rebuilding cycle
Has now achieved National Quality Lodge
Your committee has been a key to success
Old-timers: “Lodge has never been stronger”
However…
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

4. Hypothetical
Some members of your committee have indicated that they want to “take a year off” from active leadership with brotherhood projects
If so, another rebuilding period for the lodge is a certainty
How are you going to retain your committee members?
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

5. Steps in Successfully Recruiting Lodge Talent
Determine what positions are needed
Who are the best prospects for the job?
Research the prospect list
Make an appointment
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

6. Steps in Successfully Recruiting Lodge Talent
Make the sale
Ask for a commitment
Have a fall-back position in mind
Follow-up
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7. How do we retain our committee members?
Question
How do we retain our committee members?
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8. Communication Program Recognition Answer
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9. Communication
What are some ways that your lodge committee members can effectively communicate with each other?
How can we communicate the expectations of the chairman to the members?
What about from the members to the chairman?
Is it important to communicate with the committee? Why?
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

10. Communication Accuracy of communication?
Completeness?
Written down?
How can communication break down?
What happens when it does?
Thank-you’s: Are two little words that important?
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

11. Program Is the program important?
Why?
How?
What does the program provide to the membership?
Quality of program?
High or Low?
Importance?
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

12. Program Impact? Can one person make a difference in the program?
Reverse impact? Can the program make a difference in one person?
Thank-you’s: Can the program survive without them?
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

13. Recognition Is recognition important? Why?
How much recognition is enough?
How much is too much?
What happens when we fail to recognize?
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14. Recognition How can we recognize our committee members? Thank-you’s:
When?
Where?
How?
Why?
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

15. When it comes to retaining lodge talent, brush up on you CPR skills:
Closing Thoughts
When it comes to retaining lodge talent, brush up on you CPR skills:
Communication
Program
Recognition
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

16. Closing Thoughts Communicate get to know them, and
Talk to your team members,
get to know them, and
find out what makes them tick.
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

17. Closing Thoughts Program how much the program needs them, and
Tell your team members just how important they are to the program,
how much the program needs them, and
show your team members how much the program means to them.
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

18. Closing Thoughts Recognize give them a moment in the spotlight,
Recognize your team members,
give them a moment in the spotlight,
and show them how much you appreciate them.
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent

19. Say “Thank You” again and again and again.
Closing Thoughts
And don’t forget to…
Say “Thank You” again and again and again.
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Utilizing Lodge Talent: Retaining the Talent