Transcript Where to from here? - District 14

Where to from
here?
“Leadership to do the job”
PDG Harold R.Ott
MD 14 Leadership Development Chairperson
You are the LEADERSHIP!
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District Governors
Vice District Governors
District MERLOW Teams
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Membership
Extension
Retention/Orientation
Leadership Development
Women’s Membership & Development
Where (MD-14) is today!
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As of July 31st 2006 for Lion Year 2006-2007
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7
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The job needing to be accomplished is clear!
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Status quo Clubs
Membership
New Clubs
Districts in Transition
Growth in all areas is essential to maintain status
What is the situation in your District?
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Is the District Healthy?
Are you growing?
Where does the emphasis
need to be?
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The emphasis needs to be at the LOCAL
Club level
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Individuals
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Join Clubs
Resign from clubs
Clubs are responsible for
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Securing new members
Retaining members
Sponsoring new clubs
Accepting Women as members
What is the problem?
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Clubs failing to see the critical role they play
Clubs failing to change
Clubs are not aggressively recruiting new
members
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Younger members
Women as members
Diverse members
Not utilizing the member categories available
Clubs are content
Discontent is
the first
necessity of
progress.
Leadership’s role
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Begin to work at the Club level
Assist clubs to become DISCONTENT
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Discontent enough to make changes, talking
about change does not cut it! Initiate Change!
Assist clubs to accept CHANGE
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is never easy!
Habitual behaviors must be examined
Clubs need to function in the present
There are ample excuses
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Time - I am a volunteer
Tradition - This is the way we have always…
Upsetting the status quo - Members will quit
Age of members - We must respect senior
members, they brought us to this point
If we accept the excuses, we merely
Delay the inevitable
Change
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Change occurs by two methods
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Evolution
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Evolution
Revolution
The preferred manner in Lions
Occurs through “education” (Your role)
Revolution
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Occurs through frustration
Sometimes the only way change will happen
Tends to be messy, hurt feelings, anger, & defection
“Building a Plan for Success”
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This afternoon the schedule calls for you to work on a District
Plan
How should you approach this task?
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Review last year’s plan (Will be shared with you)
Identify what happed last year.
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What worked
What did not work
Take what worked and build (refine) upon it
Take what did not work and discard or make it workable
IP Ross plan, part of the “New Paradigm”
Focus on a plan that reaches the level (local clubs) where it
will make a difference
Avoid the following
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Continuing to “preach to the choir”
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Talking mostly to the District Cabinet
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Reports do not yield accomplishments
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Accomplishments make reportable information
Not identifying specifically who will do what &
when
Thinking it is the Governor’s job
Thinking it is the Vice-District Governor’s job
Thinking the Zone Chairpersons will do it
Do the following
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Be honest about the District situation
Prioritize - What are the critical issues
Establish “SMART” goals
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Specific - Who is going to do what?
Measurable - Can you count it, see it, prove it?
Actionable - Do you have the needed resources?
Realistic - Is it possible?
Time-bound - By when?
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Attempt to reach clubs with greatest needs
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Low membership, high average age, no women,
limited service activity, no fund raisers
Repeat, repeat, repeat opportunities
Doing a single session at the District
Convention is inadequate
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Contact directly Clubs with needs
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Attend meetings with an informational program
Meet with club leadership (formal & informal)
Do the following (continued)
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Put articles in the District Newsletter
Initiate recognition programs, contests
Push the “PA Membership Plan”, offer to
assist in implementation
Build a District “Team” committed to
implementing the “Plan” - PDGs are a resource
Utilize LCI resources, printed material, self
study courses, LCI “The Lion” articles
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It is about SERVICE! Not numbers!
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It takes active clubs in communities with
Active members in those clubs
SERVICE
To provide
to those in need in our
communities, Districts, Multiple District & World
Will you do the job?
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You agreed to do when you accepted a
District MERLOW chairperson role?
Do you believe
IF IT IS TO BE,
IT IS UP TO ME.
Remember!
If you are not part of the
Solution,
Then you are part of the
Problem.
Thank you!
Good luck in building a plan for your
District, a plan that will make a difference.
A difference in the amount and quality
of SERVICE provided in the name of
LIONS
in your communities, in your District
& the world.