Project 1.5 - Leadership skills and training

Pillar outcome: A new Member journey (including into leadership)

Issues

People want to become leaders without the handover or formation needed, and don’t want to be leader.

Identified task(s)

• Focus on Conference Presidents and provide them with a toolkit developed by National Membership Network, (make it editable so it can be adapted and shared).
• Structural process for Presidential changeovers and they need to be supported and mentored by the next level of management.
• Each Council should appoint a person for leadership and development.

Success indicator(s)

• Sustainable succession.
• Able to delegate, skilled and trained, inspired, supported and empowered.

Related sub-projects

1.4 Identifying and encouraging new leaders

1.6 Belong, believe, become

2.1 Vision for future Conference experiences

2.4 Sharing information and resources between Conferences

2.5 Whole-of-Society communication

3.2 The human interactions that support change

3.3 Promoting and sustaining experimentation

3.4 Accountability and following through

Resources

Progress

The project team has focussed on the experience of Society Members who have taken on leadership roles; drawing on those experiences to generate a list of ideas that would have helped those Society Members. This list includes the need for helpful documentation and face-to-face training.

The project team is resolute that one version of documents related to leadership is necessary, not multiple different versions. These documents are to support the local mentoring and buddying that is the most important element of leadership training.

Exploration of options for a National Leadership Program is occurring.

A generic position description for Conference Presidents is being drafted.

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