IEB 2014 Regional Conference Workshop Guide
Prepared by IEB Members Barbara Stanfield and Sue Pelchat
PROCESS:
Welcome and self introductions by IEB Rep(s); explanation of workshop
2-3 minutes
Good Morning/Afternoon, I am (name/title). Introduce the rest of the
presentation team.
Thank you for choosing to attend this workshop, TIPS FOR TOPS.
Of course, you are the TOPS. And we are here with TIPS to inform
and remind leaders of things that will make everyone’s life flow a little
more smoothly.
Our goals today are:
1) to help you recognize the importance of different leadership
styles within each group.
2) to offer you a collection of leadership tips to broaden your
current wealth of information about Alpha Delta Kappa
We’ll start with an icebreaker to get you thinking about leadership.
ICEBREAKER (Keep it moving!)
minutes
8 -10
Leadership Style Activity
On the wall or on tables, have the four compass directions posted with
leadership style descriptions.
NORTH
Likes to get things done.
Makes decisions.
Is fast and determined.
SOUTH
Does things with feelings.
Considers everyone’s opinions
and feelings.
Cooperates.
EAST
WEST
Looks at the big picture.
Pays attention to details.
Expands all horizons.
Plans ahead.
Brainstorms all possibilities.
Is logical and asks questions.
To help you decide which is YOUR leadership style, we’re going to
identify ourselves with a compass direction. Please make a choice in
the following examples, according to which kind of activity you
generally prefer. In each of the examples, we’ll give you two choices:
Would you prefer to:
a) Do a job you enjoy? OR
b) Chat for a couple of hours with a friend?
If you are NORTH, you would choose to work at a job you enjoy. If
you are SOUTH, you would choose conversation with a friend.
By show of hands, how many are NORTH? (Notice raised hands) And
how many are SOUTH?
Okay, now that you’ve gotten the hang of it, let’s try this question.
Would you choose to
a) Finish a report you’ve been working on? OR
b) Look the report over one more time.
If you are WEST, you would choose to finish the report. If you are
EAST, you would look it over one more time.
How many are WEST? EAST?
Good. Now I’m going to ask you to move around the room. You’ll
see some compass direction cards on the tables (or the walls).
NORTH likes to get things done.
SOUTH considers others’ feelings.
WEST pays attention to details.
And EAST considers all the options.
I’d like you to read the descriptions of each compass direction posted,
and decide which style is most like you. Then stand near your style.
Give people a minute to move around the room and settle near their style
card.
Now I’d like you to sit with your same direction group to discuss the
questions on the half sheets at the center of your tables. We’ll take
five minutes for this discussion
PERSONAL STYLE ACTIVITY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What are the strengths of our style?
What are the limitations of our style?
What style do we find the most difficult to work with and why?
What do other people need to know about us so that we can work together more effectively?
What do we need to keep in mind about other compass points that will help us work more effectively within
our Executive Boards and chapter leadership teams?
Workshop leaders may have to signal when to switch to the next question
to control time. If the group is very large, they might split to more than
one table so that all are encouraged to participate in the discussions.
Now that you’ve had time to consider the strengths and limitations of
your style, I think you can imagine what would happen if our group
had no NORTH, or no SOUTH, or no EAST, or no WEST. We’d be
floundering when a specific style was needed to complete a certain
task.
CONCLUSION:
We need leaders of all kinds. No one style is preferable over another.
We just need to realize that there is more than one quality way to
lead.
On any team, there will be different leadership styles. It is important
that we recognize that there are a variety of leadership styles, and that
we must be able to work with people of each style.
This Leadership Style Activity will be available online following the
regional conferences this summer.
Now we’ll move on to TIPS FOR TOPS.
LEADERSHIP TIPS
10 minutes
Let’s turn to the first page of this booklet where the IEB is pictured.
I’ll give you a minute to read that message to yourselves. Allow 1
minute.
International Executive Board Chairman Ivette Bender asked each
member of the board to develop tips for leaders, which is in the
handout you have received. We’re going to spend some time
highlighting key points of each of the tip sheets today.
For this activity, we’re going to assign a pair of topics from the
booklet to each group and ask that you discuss them to find
significant points you’ll want to be sure to share with leaders back
home. For example, if we were reading about the role of the
treasurer, we might point out that it’s most important to complete the
e-postcard every year. As soon as I’ve given you your topics, you may
begin to read and discuss. Different groups will be discussing
different tips. We’ll take five minutes for this part of our workshop.
Distribute topic pairs to each group.
Combinations:
1) Agenda pg. 7 / Conference Planning pg. 12 - 13
2) Website pg. 6 / Historian pg.14
3) Promoting A∆K to Prospective members pg. 11 / Outside Publicity
pg. 10
4) Bylaws pg. 8/ Fidelis Chapters pg. 9
After two minutes, tell them two minutes remain and that they should
switch topics now. 5 minutes
Let’s do a quick share of each topic – two different points from each
sheet: (Solicit two points about each topic below.)
AGENDA
CONFERENCE PLANNING
WEBSITE
HISTORIAN
PROMOTING ALPHA DELTA KAPPA
OUTSIDE PUBLICITY
BYLAWS
FIDELIS CHAPTERS
WHO SAID THAT?
Okay, now we’re going to play a game called, “WHO SAID THAT?”
We’ll give you a leadership quote, and you guess who said it. We’ll
make it easy for you by giving you multiple choice options. Use the
sign language letters for a, b, or c to indicate your answer. Model the
letters.
QUOTE #1: “The only real training for leadership is leadership.”
WHO SAID THAT? Our first door prize will go to a person who
chooses the author of this quote. Was it a) Suzi Orman, b) Antony
Jay or c) June Bellamy …… What’s your answer? Choose someone
who has the right answer. It was Antony Jay.
If you want to lead you have to practice leading. Learning about
leading isn’t nearly as valuable as actually leading people and
learning from your successes and mistakes.
Give away First Door Prize
1 minute
We’re going to give you one more topic to read and discuss. (Hand out
same topic cards to groups.)
This time we’ll all have the same topics, Leadership pg. 2-5 and
Protocol pg. 18 - 19
Allow time to read and discuss topic
5 minutes
What important points would you take back to your own leadership
team? Quickly share. 2 minutes
There are many more tips that you can peruse when you have time to
read more about leadership.
This handout will be available on the International website following
the conclusion of the regional conferences.
QUOTE #2: People are more easily led than driven.
WHO SAID THAT? a) David Harold Fink, b) Laura Bourgeois, c)
Harriet Tubman Choose a winner.
This leadership quote is an excellent reminder that leading is different
from forcing people to do what you say.
Award Second Door Prize
1 minute
COMMUNITY BUILDER – Recognizing Leaders Within Our Region
10 – 12 minutes
We’ve spoken a lot about leadership styles and tips for leaders today.
Now we’d like to ask you to help others get to know some of the
leaders in your S/P/N. One way to do that is to introduce your S/P/N
leaders by simply naming them.
Another way is to identify a leader who exemplifies a particular
compass direction in a positive way, and explain why that’s true. For
example, I think my chapter president is an amazing NORTH. She is
fast and efficient, wastes no time, and gets each job done to perfection.
Let’s take a half minute for each S/P/N to do this.
S/P/N president (or one S/P//N representative) identifies members of the
S/P/N executive board. OR, names one person who personifies a
particular compass point in a positive way and explains how in thirty
seconds or less.
QUOTE #3 is our final quote: The first responsibility of a leader is to
define reality. The last is to say thank you.
WHO SAID THAT? a) Billy Graham, b) Graham Cracker, c) Max
DePree Select a winner.
People tend to forget that they are nothing without the people who
follow. We must not take people for granted.
Award Third Door Prize
1
minute
WORKSHOP GOAL SUMMARY
We have tried to help you recognize the need for different leadership
styles within each group. And we have given you a collection of
leadership tips to help you develop your knowledge of various Alpha
Delta Kappa topics. Putting together knowledge and leadership is
fundamental to guiding a successful team.
CONCLUSION
1
minute
This room is full of leaders. We thank each one of you for your
dedication, time, and work for Alpha Delta Kappa. Thank you for
attending our workshop.
TOTAL = 50 minutes