1. By Barbara Andres PhD Breakthrough Wichita, Ks director30@hotmail.com
Clubhouse Leadership By
Barbara Andres PhD
Breakthrough
Wichita, Ks

2. What skills do we need as Clubhouse leaders?
Who are Clubhouse directors?
What are the dominate leadership skills of directors?
Do certain skills impact Clubhouse outcomes?
Does high leadership scores impact Clubhouse effectiveness?

3. Competing Values Framework
Collaborative
Empathizer
Facilitator
Mentor
Creative
Innovator
Visionary
Motivator
Control
Monitor
Coordinator
Regulator
Competing
Producer
Competitor
Driver

4. Research Design Surveyed 114 Clubhouse in the United States
Surveyed a director, a member and a staff person in most Clubhouses to identify leadership skills
Collected Clubhouse demographics and program outcomes

5. Performance Measures Number of active members
Number of members employed
Perception on effectiveness indicators
Performance as a role model
Conceiving change efforts
Leading change
Having an impact

6. Demographics% Majority of Clubhouse directors are women (61%)
Clubhouse directors are getting old! 47% over the age of 50
45% of CH directors have less than 5 years of experience

7. CH program size in the US remains the same over the past 6 years
Average daily attendance is 43 members
Average active members 169
Average employment rate is 39 members
CH director are well educated ( 60%) have graduate degrees
40% of CH directors have Bachelor Degrees

8. Leadership Skills 1-Collaborative Empathizer (4) Facilitator (1)
Mentor (5)
2-Creative
Innovator (6)
Visionary (7)
Motivator (8)
3-Control
Monitor (9)
Coordinator (10)
Regulator (2)
4-Competing
Producer (3)
Competitor (12)
Driver (11)

9. Collaborator Facilitator: Encouraging, Participation
Empathizer: Showing concern
Mentor: Developing people
Clubhouse Participatory Leadership
Decentralized structure,
Horizontal form of supervision
Atmosphere of trust
Team decision utilizing consensus

10. Creative Innovator: Initiating significant change
Visionary: Anticipating customers needs
Motivator: Inspires people to exceed
expectations
Clubhouse Participatory Leadership
New ideas welcomed
Change occurs often
Celebrates goal accomplishments
Communicates vision and values

11. Control Monitor: Expecting accurate work
Coordinator: Controlling projects
Regulator: Clarifying policies
Clubhouse Participatory Leadership
Trusting members and staff to do a
good job

12. Compete Producer: Modeling a hard work ethic
Competitor: Focusing on the competition
Driver: Emphasizing speed
Clubhouse Participatory Leadership
Goal oriented and keeps work moving

13. How does this information help?
Personnel issues, Managing Staff
Member Relationships
Interaction with government funders, politics, and bureaucracy
Private fundraising and community engagement