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1.) Organizational Alignment with Leadership Development Vision The first step in developing association leaders is to have a solid foundation of organizational vision and strategy. This process involves aligning association values, vision and mission with strategic goals and operations toward the implementation of the leadership development plan. 2.) Leadership Profiling and Identification The second step in the development of association leaders is to profile the leadership characteristics and competencies that you would like to develop. This process is known as profiling and involves to three levels of National Leadership, Chapter President Leadership and General Membership. Once steps 1 and 2 have been completed, leadership development programs will be offered in three major areas: National Leadership, Incoming Chapter President Leadership and General Membership Leadership. HOW DOES AN ASSOCIATION GROW MEMBERSHIP? Here's our take on the value of an off-site leadership development program provided by an association. Tell us if this makes sense to you. Many associations are organized by Chapters, often located throughout the United States. There is typically a central headquarters where the association has their administrative officers, including a CEO, CFO, Administrative Assistant, Publications Director, Public Relations person and a Membership Director and or Director of Chapter Relations. The associations main mission is to provide resources to their members and to utilize the chapters as a source of reaching out to those members. Each Chapter is run by a Chapter President. The Chapter President term is a VOLUNTEER position, often one year long and renewed often by the same dynamic person for several years. The Chapter President's job is to lead the chapter and also to grow membership. If the chapter membership doesn't grow, the association doesn't grow. Just like many organizations, there are star performers and there are sub-standard performers. Same for Chapter Presidents and the same for the Chapters themselves. BENEFITS OF THE OFFSITE INCOMING CHAPTER PRESIDENT LEADERSHIP RETREAT A reward for being ther Chapter President through a retreat in an inspirational setting with dynamic presenters This provides a way to attract a higher caliber of leader for the Chapter Provides skills for that Chapter President to run their Chapter more effectively How to run meetings, icebreakers, public speaking and more Provides an opportunity to network with other Chapter Presidents who are or will be in similar situations Stories and experiences and concrete examples of fund raising, what chapters do to grow membership and revenue Personal Leadership Development Skills This provides value through personal growth and leadership development which makes for a stronger Chapter President, Business person, Family member, Community member and more. BUT DOES IT WORK???? Well the New York Times researched our program and they provided a non-biased reasearch based Return on Investment Report - Here is the Excerpt: Teambuilding with a Twist - Excerpted from an article by SHARON MCDONNELL, NY Times, Late Edition - Final, Section C, Page 7, Column 3 June 23, 2005 BOTTOM LINE? Send Chapter Presidents to an off-site leadership retreat and improve membership by a NET increase of 29%.
Call us to discuss details and financial invesment to set up your own leadership development program. Continue on to see, hear and get a sense for what actual Chapter Presidents have to say about Grand Dynamics leadership development programs. Below is a video which overviews an Association Leadership Development program. Grand Dynamics worked with CFMA for 10 years to deliver the Spring Creek Annual Incoming Chapter President's Leadership Advance. Comprised of mostly CFOs of large construction companies, these leaders come to Jackson Hole for a 4 day Grand Dynamics training and development experience. The business results and ROI of this program have been featured in the New York Times. Watch for yourself as construction industry leaders comment about CFMA, Grand Dynamics, and the power of experiential learning and the Seeking True North models methods and tools. The following questions/comments are addressed in this interview series.
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