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Optimist International Leadership Development
Club Presidents-ElectSeminar
Part 2
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Leading Your Team
o T.E.A.M.
o Together Everyone Achieves More!
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Motivate and Manage
o Light a fire under your Members (motivate)
o Run along beside them (manage)
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Brainstorm
o Ways a President can Motivate Volunteers?
o List and prioritize
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Ways to Motivate
o Be Enthusiastico Be Optimistico Be Friendly/Outgoingo Call people by nameo Listen and Respecto Write personal thank-
you notes
o Teach otherso Invite them to
conferenceso Recognizeo Thanko Appreciateo Care
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“People do not care how much you know until they know how
much you care.”
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Manage: Ask and Recognize
o Repeat this simple two-step system hundreds of times in a variety of ways
o President is a “people” job
o Match request with the capability or level of involvement
o Recognize consistent with level of achievement
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How to Ask
o What you want done
o Why they would be the one to do it
o Give them direction and expectations
o Give them “ownership” of the tasko Ask them for ideas to implemento Be excited when they suggest actionso Be flexible to allow them authority
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Brainstorming
o What could you ASK a member to do?
o List many from easy to difficult
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Things to Ask
o Greet at the dooro Pledge to Flag (or Toast)o Recruit a new membero Arrange a programo Lead the Optimist Creedo Give an Invocationo Sell Raffle Tickets
o Serve on a Committeeo Be Chair of a Committeeo Write Club Bulletino Go to District Conferenceo Visit a new club with youo Build a New Clubo Others?
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Recognize
o Publicly Recognize Members for their effort and achievement and added value to the Club.
o Consistent relative to accomplishment
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Brainstorm
o List some of the many ways a President can Recognize Volunteers
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Ways to Recognize
o Write a personal note of “congratulations” or “thank you”
o Thank them in persono Pat them on the backo Smile at themo Give the “thumbs-up”o Recognize them from
podium
o Put their name in Bulletino Put their name in
Newspapero Give the a “certificate”
o “Member of the Week”
o Recognize birthdays and anniversaries
o Handshakeo Others
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Delegating Committees
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