managing a committee
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Managing a Committee. Introductions. Dave Jarman: Head of Enterprise Education Ex Careers Service & UBU Ex Sabbatical Officer Ex Society & JCR President Principles: You’re all running a business that provides a service to a customer (your members) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Managing a Committee
IntroductionsDave Jarman:
Head of Enterprise Education Ex Careers Service & UBU Ex Sabbatical Officer Ex Society & JCR President
Principles: You’re all running a business
that provides a service to a customer (your members)
You’re trying to create value (profit) for your organisation
You’re trying to create a valued experience for your customers
Managing a Committee
Dealing with difficult peopleGolden Rules for teamworkLeadership, Management, and Coaching
Dealing with different behaviours
The Slacker: The lazy, unmotivated one who usually ends up being carried by everyone else.
The Bossy One: The over-bearing one who seems to believe they have a right to be in charge.
The Keen One: Seems to have nothing better to do than work, tends to work a bit too hard…
Dealing with different behaviours
The Off-tangent: Full of energy, but not for the subject in hand…would be great if they could only focus on the task in hand.
The Quiet One: Withdrawn so far no one really knows what is actually going on in their head… or what their role is…
The Negative: Everything is greeted with cynicism and negativity, or even outright blocking or nit-picking behaviour.
Dealing with different behaviours
How are they disruptive? What effect do they have on the rest of the group?
Why might they be behaving like this?
How might you limit the damage they cause or resolve the issue?
Golden rules for effective teamwork
1. Shared values
2. Clear objectives and structures
3. Good division of responsibility (and perception thereof)
4. Good communications
5. Trust
Quick TacticsCreate shadowing roles to
mitigate for difficult individuals and roles
‘working groups’Use an agenda to maintain
orderThe president need not be the
chairpersonAgree ground rules for meetingsHave job descriptions when you
head into electionsEncourage officers to set out
their goals and publicise these
Leadership, Management & Coaching
Leadership
Management
Coaching
Leadership, Management, & CoachingLeadership
You need a vision Let others help develop it Encourage others to buy into
itManagement
Create structures and systems that enable things to happen
Be clear, be consistent Communicate what is
happening and why
Coaching Support all the people
involved in the organisation Help them develop skills and
achieve their goals Create opportunities for
people to engage, challenge themselves, and learn
If you can’t do it all yourself, find the right people to cover your weaknesses!
Business start-up supportAdvice & guidanceSeed funding (£30k)Desk spaceEducation & Networking
events – ‘Monday Means Business’
Mentoring match-makingSummer Enternships (£1500 +
desk)Surgeries:
Book-keeping Branding IP & Legal Matters
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