Identifying and Developing “Star Quality” YMCA Leaders

What we want to learn about leaders & leadership What we want to learn about leaders & leadership Definition of Leaders Definition of Leaders Leaders and Power Leaders and Power Best and Worst Leaders Best and Worst Leaders Plan for Identifying and Developing “Star Quality” for Plan for Identifying and Developing “Star Quality” for YMCA Leaders. YMCA Leaders. Star Leaders

Leader Who is influential in getting others to behave as required by the organization or community. Who is influential in getting others to behave as required by the organization or community. Leadership A process by which an individual influences others.

Power & Influence Legitimate Legitimate Coercive Coercive Reward Reward Referent Referent Expert Expert Informational Informational

The Effective Leader The Ineffective Leader

Leadership Training

Visioning Creating a strategic vision for your community is a powerful mechanism for empowering your community – bringing together diverse groups and individuals, aligning them with a shared vision and unleashing their energies to work toward a common goal.

Coalition

Critical Thinking Reasoning Reasoning Problem Solving Problem Solving Decision Making Decision Making

Emotional Intelligence Understanding yourself, your goals, intentions, responses, behaviour and all. Understanding yourself, your goals, intentions, responses, behaviour and all. Understanding others, and their feelings. Understanding others, and their feelings.

Plan for Identifying and Developing “Star Quality” for YMCA Leaders Plan for Identifying and Developing “Star Quality” for YMCA Leaders Assess YMCA and community needs for leaders: define specifically the combination of skills, experience and knowledge that we need. A job description. Assess YMCA and community needs for leaders: define specifically the combination of skills, experience and knowledge that we need. A job description. Identify leadership potential: Looking in the applications, actions, interest and conversation among the staff, friends and relatives, professional agencies, schools, community, Identify leadership potential: Looking in the applications, actions, interest and conversation among the staff, friends and relatives, professional agencies, schools, community, Screening and evaluation: check leader's experience, training, and education. Conduct real scenario evaluation in problem solving and personality trait skills Screening and evaluation: check leader's experience, training, and education. Conduct real scenario evaluation in problem solving and personality trait skills Interview: Conduct with a committee. In making the decision, the committee should consider also personality and clarity of thinking factors. Interview: Conduct with a committee. In making the decision, the committee should consider also personality and clarity of thinking factors. Leaders’ Development Plan: implement a one year development plan for orienting new leaders to the job and to improve needed qualification of leaders. Leaders’ Development Plan: implement a one year development plan for orienting new leaders to the job and to improve needed qualification of leaders. Orientation training: includes orienting new leader in the business’s history, policies, procedures, benefits, stakeholders and community. Orientation training: includes orienting new leader in the business’s history, policies, procedures, benefits, stakeholders and community. Job rotation: with coach support learning various operating procedures by performing many jobs temporarily. Develop problem solving solutions and cross-departmental experience. Job rotation: with coach support learning various operating procedures by performing many jobs temporarily. Develop problem solving solutions and cross-departmental experience. On-the-Job Training: performing his regular job under the supervision of mentor. On-the-Job Training: performing his regular job under the supervision of mentor. Leaders Club: establish a small club of senior and new leaders where they could honestly exchange information in a safe and confidential environment. Leaders Club: establish a small club of senior and new leaders where they could honestly exchange information in a safe and confidential environment. Retaining plan: A customized plan where the organization must commit resources to the plan—to take the responsibility and work with the leader and provide rewards for high potential. Retaining plan: A customized plan where the organization must commit resources to the plan—to take the responsibility and work with the leader and provide rewards for high potential.

We are respected as the world’s oldest organization committed to deliver quality service to the community. Overall, the YMCA leaders should have organizational responsibility, emotional maturity, personal integrity, and commitment to protect the children, family and community for future growth. Furthermore, each of us is charged as an Ambassador for the Kingdom of God to spread good will throughout the world.