1. Leadership Development Program Proposal
January 2014

2. Leadership Development Task Force
Elizabeth Pullen (Chair)
Kevin Gara
Barry Graffeo
Nicole Greeson
Don Hart
Cathy Hovde
Kathy Murphy
Vicky Yobp
Steve Greene

3. Project Background
Leadership Development Task Force formed in early 2013
Challenge: How to better identify, engage, and develop leaders for the AIHA Board, volunteer groups, and local sections
Proposed Path Forward: A Leadership Development program for past, present, and future AIHA leaders

4. The Big Picture
Volunteering = leadership development = professional development
Leadership Track vs. Leadership Pipeline
Looking forward and looking back
Built-in succession planning
Soft skills training
These are the overarching principles that inform this plan
Volunteering, leadership development, and professional development are all intertwined. This plan recognizes and highlights that fact.
AIHA has a fairly well-defined leadership track; the challenge is to have a pipeline preparing volunteers for that leadership track. This plan focuses on that need.
This plan engages current and past leaders in preparing future leaders and coaching current ones.
This plan builds long-range succession planning into the volunteer group structure
This plan recognizes the need to have soft-skills training as part of our professional development opportunities for our members in order to help them be more effective leaders
This plan builds on existing structures and resources to maximize efficiency
Building on what works

5. Program Outline
Targets three groups: Future leaders, current leaders, past leaders
Builds on existing structures and resources wherever possible; minimal budget impact
Builds leadership development into volunteer group project work
Expands individual micro-volunteering opportunities
Smart expansion of SECP mentoring program
Refer to attached program outline for detailed description

6. Program Outline New elements Leadership Advisory Group
Volunteer orientations
Volunteer database
Succession planning
Soft-skills training
Leadership Advisory Group: Will meet as needed to advise and guide implementation of this program. Recommend appointing current task force members as initial members of this group
Volunteer Orientations: Helps volunteers to see the big picture and a pathway for themselves within it
Volunteer Database: To capture volunteers’ interests, skills, and availability and match them with volunteer opportunities, whether within or outside the committee structure
Succession Planning: Develop tools for volunteer groups to use, task past leaders with leading the effort
Soft-skills training: Planning underway within Education department

7. Program Outcomes AIHA has an expanded pipeline for future leaders
Volunteers grow their leadership skills through volunteer activity
A leadership development cycle is built into the AIHA volunteer program
Current leaders’ skills are developed while also developing others’ skills
IH Professionals are equipped for and engaged in leadership in their field
IH professionals are equipping other leaders in their field

8. Questions?