hpl - the high performance leadership project
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Fulfill AL-S RequirementNovember 10, 2006
Silvana Wasitova, DTM
The High-Performance Leadership Project
Why Do an HPL Project
Fulfill Toastmasters requirement for Advanced Leader Silver award
Get one step closer to becomingDistinguished Toastmaster
Build your leadership skills
What is an HPL Project Can be any project with these characteristics:
has specific goals and timeframe requires advance planning, tracking, execution requires organizing a team (exercise leadership!) produces lessons learned
Can be a project you are already planning, e.g. Within Toastmasters:
Organize an Area/Division/District Contest Club PR campaign Starting a New Club, Reviving an Existing Club
Outside Toastmasters: at work, community, association, professional group
The 7 Steps to an HPL Project1. Select a project – where you exercise leadership2. Recruit a Guidance Committee (4+ members)3. Select Action Team to work with4. Establish goals, success criteria, timeframe, and a
work-plan to achieve goals; use SMART formula5. Work the plan, meet periodically with the team &
guidance committee: status update & fine-tune the plan6. At project end present “Results and Lessons
Learned”; get a written evaluation7. Submit to TI the written evaluation and 4 signatures of
members of the Guidance Committee
Examples of HPL Project + Goals Conduct a Blood Drive in October ’06;
Goal: 200 donors in 2 days
Conduct District ConferenceGoal: 200 attendees, 8 training sessions, break even
Club Coach to Santana TM Club;Goal: sign 6 new members, 5 DCP goals by June ’07
Organize Community Fair on 9-10 August,20 sponsors, 50 vendors, 1000 attendees
NOT a Candidate HPL Project
Achieve Competent Communicator in 6 months – does not involve coordinating a team
Swim from SF to Alcatraz some day– time is not specific
Run Meetings On Time – does not have a defined timeframe
Select a Guidance Committee
People who can advise you, have experience,can help refine the project goals and objectives
Subject-matter experts People you respect People who have done a similar project People on your team At least one person is active Toastmasters member
Need 4 people - they sign off at completion on Signature Sheet (p.70)
Mission, Vision, Goals
Vision: Imagine what you’d like to happen, decide what needs to be done to make that vision a reality.
I have a dream…. Mission: simplified vision, defines purpose,
benefits, who will benefit.Becomes foundation of the efforts.
Goals: specific results to achieve, how the goals are organized, prioritized, measured
Goal-setting the “SMART” Way
“SMART” goals are:
Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-bound
The Secret to Goal-Setting
The clearer the goals, the easier to achieve.
Clear goals are: Easy to communicate Easy to delegate Easy to rally behind
Increase a chance to success
Action Plan
Example: Plan for Division G Contest - April 2006
# Action Item Lead Due Date Status1 Select Venue Div. Governor 30-Jan Complete2 Get Chairpersons for Committees Div. Governor 20-Feb3 Get Toastmasters Contest Chair 10-Mar4 Solicit Door Prizes Program Chair 9-Apr5 Get Names and Contact info of Area Winners Area Governors 2-Apr
Status Check
Periodically meet with Action Team, Guidance Committee (together or separately)
Status update, check on progress Any course corrections needed?
Need to update goals/metrics? Define next steps to achieve goals Need two or more status check meetings
over the lifetime of the project
Leadership Skills
Evaluate your leadership style and tendencies at beginning of project
Discuss with Advisory Committee
Observe – any changes / growth in your leadership style throughout the period of the project?
Submit Report to TI Present Results and Lessons Learned to home
club, get a written evaluation (p. 65)
Get signatures from 4 members of the Guidance Committee (p.70)
Get signature from club’s VP Education
Fax the two forms to TI HQ (949) 858-1207
DONE!!!