Trekking Association Governance

1. Trekking Association Governance Roles of Elected and Staff Leaders Julie Walker, Executive Director, AASL Ann M. Martin, Immediate Past President, AASL

2. She Said… She Meant…

3. Four Leader Preferences • Communicating • Planning and/or problem solving • Resolving conflict • Deciding Tecker Consultants, LLC

4. Beam Me Up Scotty There’s no intelligent life down here. Bumper Sticker

5. This session will: • Describe four leadership obligations • Define pre-requisites for a culture of trust • Introduce four components of a strategic board agenda • Provide an example of knowledge-based governance

6. Starship Challenges http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoncross/457315390/sizes/s/

7. Trekking the Association Culture Organizational Dynamics

8. The Setting The Federation The Enterprise http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.html

9. Stellar Leadership • Leading the Way • Navigating Decisions • Transforming the Association • Creating a New World

10. Starring Roles Captain Kirk Spock Scotty http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.html

11. Scotty Kirk Spock Chief Engineer Commander Alien Starring Roles http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/MOV/

12. Scotty the Division Leader • Miracle worker • Technical skill • Determination • Expansive knowledge and ingenuity • Creative • Effective • Crucial Scotty http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112502.html

13. Your challenge Four Obligations of Leadership

14. First Obligation To ensure that the leadership team has access to a common stream of information from members & stakeholders that allows them to understand their views of the world. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.htm Tecker Consultants, LLC

15. Second Obligation To provide a coherent stream of information back to members & stakeholders that allows them to understand not just what decisions have been made, but why. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.html Tecker Consultants, LLC

16. Third Obligation To bridge the gap between members/stakeholders views of the world and the views held by those who seek to earn the right to lead them. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.html Tecker Consultants, LLC

17. Fourth Obligation To understand that in the voluntary nature of associations, people choose to engage because they perceive that it is in their own self interest to do so. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.html Tecker Consultants, LLC

18. A Culture of Trust http://www.pragia.cz/domain/pragia/templates/default/images/velke/duver.jpg 2006 Tekker Consultants, LLC

19. Trust Pre-requisites • Confidence in the competence of your leadership partners • Open access to common information. • Clarity and consensus about what will constitute success. Tecker Consultants, LLC

20. Moving the Association Forward 2243225155_00e4becdfd.jpg www.flickr.com

21. Strategic Board Agendas Components include: • Discussion of Strategic Issues • Review & Adjustment of Strategy • Policy Determination • Routine Board Business

22. Knowledge-based Governance Key to Strategic Decisions

23. Four Knowledge Bases • What do we know about: • Stakeholder needs, wants, preferences • Current realities • Association capacity • Ethical implications Tecker Consultants, LLC

24. Four Knowledge Bases • Question One • What do we know about: • our stakeholders • needs, wants, and preferences • that is relevant to this decision? Tecker Consultants, LLC

25. Four Knowledge Bases • Question Two • What do we know about: • Current realities • Evolving dynamics • that is relevant to this decision? Tecker Consultants, LLC

26. Four Knowledge Bases • Question Three • What do we know about: • Capacity • Strategic Position • that is relevant to this decision? Tecker Consultants, LLC

27. Four Knowledge Bases • Question Four • What are the ethical implications? Tecker Consultants, LLC

28. From Mega Issue to Motion An Example

29. Mega Issue Question How can AASL ensure visibility for school library media specialists in the current movement toward 21st Century Skills?

30. Mega Issue Question • Prepare Background Information • Conduct Dialog on Informing the Issue • Conduct Dialogue on Evaluating Choices • Conduct Dialogue on Identifying Choices

31. Mega Issue Question • Determine Areas of Consensus • Identify Actions, Intent and Accountability • Craft a Motion

32. Board Motion “…that AASL move forward in raising school library media specialists visibility and viability through the following: influencing the development of the Common Core State Standards and ensuring specific recognition of the instructional role of the SLMS within the language of ESEA.”

33. Destination Success Association Leaders: • Create a shared vision. • Develop an empowering climate. • Establish supportive communication. • Deliver association program initiatives.

34. Bibliography • Hoellinger, Jonathan. "The Federation in Star Trek". 12/28/2008 <jonathanhoellinger.de/scifi.html>. • "Star Trek: The Original Series". CBS Paramount Television. 12/31/2008 <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/characters/index.html>. • Tecker Consultants, CEO Symposium for Chief Elected & Chief Staff Officers, 2006, 2007, 2008.