Crafting the Future: Designing an Empowering Leader Journey for Succession (ALC: Separate Registration Required)

Speaker:

Allison Baldwin, Greater Atlanta Chapter
Nicole Ghosten, Greater Atlanta Chapter

Imagine having a visual roadmap that shows a brand-new board member or potential board member what to expect throughout their term as a chapter leader…in one place! In one document they can see a timeline, milestones, resources for support, and even potential competencies that could help fill a development gap needed for their job or career. The example we’ll walk through in this session is the 15 month timeline the Greater Atlanta chapter leaders follow, and it’s divided into four phases – onboarding, leading, evaluating and next steps. Each phase includes key initiatives the leader completes and the potential skills, supporting resources, and level of leader competence and confidence we aim for during each phase. While this session focuses on using the new leader's journey as a hand-off from the outgoing leader to their incoming leader, or as a board member recruiting tool for a President elect, leaders can also reimagine this roadmap for their own committee to help with recruiting volunteers and succession planning. All participants will leave this session with their own leader journey roadmap template to share with their successor and/or team.

In this session:

• Leaders will be able to design a leader journey for their role and include resources and potential competencies gained as they complete key tasks and milestones throughout the year.


• When the leader journey is finalized, leaders will be ready to share the tool with new and/or potential board members.


• Leaders will be encouraged to think outside the box to see how they can use this journey as a resource when recruiting volunteers for their own committee and/or working through succession planning.