From September 2018
On October 1st each chapter will welcome a new Leadership and Support Team. By then they will have completed their training, set their goals, and mechanisms to achieve their goals for their upcoming term. Their goals will be the things they want to accomplish for the upcoming year. The mechanisms will be how they will accomplish those goals.
I like to ask each new incoming Leadership Team, how do you want to be remembered a year from now? What do you want to accomplish? Where is your chapter now and where do you want it to be a year from now? What do you want your legacy to be? Set your Chapter's goals accordingly?
Support Team Members and Chapter Members need to consider these questions also and determine how they need to contribute to the overall goals of the chapter.
So where is your chapter now? In Dr. Misner's podcast #480 - 'Is Your Chapter On Fire, On Hold, or In a Hole?,' he describes these stages. (Below is a summary of the podcast. I recommend listening or reading it in it's entirety).
On Fire
On Hold
In a Hole
These chapters are energized, goal-oriented, and thriving. They're generating a lot of referrals with a high value. They're the biggest groups-or on their way to being it. Members of the leadership team attend all the required trainings, and more. BNI members in these chapters have completed their BNI Connect profiles and pass referrals every week. They conduct effective one-to-ones. And they have fun together. The majority of the members have a green or yellow for their Power of One Report.
On Hold
These chapters are still generating referrals and revenue, but they're just going through the motions. They do the minimum and get average results. Sometimes these groups have been on fire in the past, but became complacent and started to slide. They've often given up on growth, and don't follow all the suggestions of their regional directors and the BNI policies.
In a Hole
These chapters are struggling with attendance. They're not holding members accountable. They have difficulty retaining members. These chapters focus on problems rather than solutions. They don't follow the agenda and policies of BNI very well, and they often regard their regional director as an outsider rather than a resource.
Where does your group stand right now? If your group is on fire, congratulations. That's how BNI is supposed to be. If your group is on hold, it's not that hard to transition to being on fire. Even if you're in a hole, you can break out of that, as long as the leadership team and the membership are committed to change.
The key to improvement is being very honest with yourself, recognizing where you are, and want to make improvements to be more successful and productive.
Why settle for mediocrity when excellence is an option? Excellence is an option in all BNI chapters all around the world.
It was Jim Collins in Good to Great who said, "What is the enemy of good?" People would say, well, bad. That is not the answer. The question is "What is the enemy of great?" and most people answer "bad". The answer to what is the enemy of great is good. Not bad. Good is the enemy of great.
You have heard people say it. "That is good enough." "That will work." Oftentimes, and certainly in BNI, good is the enemy of great. On hold is often good, but on fire is great.
One way to determine which stage your chapter is in, is have all of the members complete the 'Rate Your Chapter worksheet which can be downloaded from this link. This is a great assessment tool. Ask your members to be very honest with their answers. Evaluate the ratings and take action accordingly moving forward. Build your goals to take your chapter from good to GREAT!!
I will close with some quotes for Leadership Teams, Support Team Members, as well as all Chapter Members.
The Leadership team sets the tone for the chapter.
As quoted by Mark Kay Ash - 'The speed of the Leader is the speed of the Team.'
Charles Lauer - 'Leaders don't force people to follow, they invite them on a journey.'
Leaders are developers, team builders, imaginers, cultural caretakers, roadblock removers and inspirers. Their success depends on enabling the success of others.
The Entire Team is important.
T.E.A.M. Definition - 'Together Each Achieves More.'
Henry Ford said 'Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.'
Mother Teresa - 'I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot, but together we can do great things.'
So what contributions are you making to the success of Your team/to the chapter? There are many tasks that need to be done. Talk to your Leadership Team as to your skill set and what you can do to contribute. By becoming more involved, you increase you Visibility which increases your Creditability.
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