Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Leaky Bucket, Pilots, and Leadership Teams

                                  


So, what on earth does a leaky bucket, pilots, and Leadership Teams have in common you ask.  Here is a short video by Dr. Miser who explains - 


In the video, Dr. Misner talks about the Leaky Bucket theory of education and training.  I relate it to the game 'Telephone.'  Have you ever played that game?  Where you tell one person something and they, in turn, tell the next person and it goes through about 5 or 6 people and the story that the last person conveys is nowhere close to the original story.  That's why BNI has yearly as well as on-going training.  For one, things change.  Two, it is to ensure that everyone on the Leadership Team is doing all their duties and nothing is slipping through the cracks.  The 'leaky bucket happens when information/training is passed down from one Leadership Team to the next and some important key elements get left out.  Maybe not intentionally, but it happens.  

"As a leader, you can never stop investing in your own growth. There will never come a day when you know enough, have experienced enough, or have seen enough to get you through the challenges every leader faces."  ~ John Maxwell

Don't you want to be part of a team that is well trained and a high performing team?  Your Leadership Team is the pilot, co-pilot, navigation team, etc. for your chapter.  You depend on them to lead you in the right direction, therefore you want them to be trained and taught the right way to do things.  I wouldn't think, as a business person, you would want to be lead or coached by someone who was not trained in their position.  And BNI tenure is not a replacement for Leadership Training.  One of the Core Values in BNI besides Life Long Learning is Traditions and Innovation.  Things change and it's important that BNI Leadership Teams keep up with the changes and learn new and better ways of doing things.

There is one more Leadership Summit, Wednesday, Sept. 23rd.  Click here to register to attend.


Chapter Members also depend on their Leadership Team to set the Vision, Mission, and Goals for their Chapter.  Every business has these and your BNI Chapter should be no different.  The Vision, Mission, Goals, and Mechanisms are what keeps a BNI Chapter moving forward.  It's the roadmap to help chapter members get more referrals, get more revenue, and grow their business.  Does your chapter have a vision, mission, and goals?  Are they announced periodically at your meeting and compared to the actuals?  Ask your Leadership Team what your Chapter's Goals are.  

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Why is all of this important?  For a BNI Chapter to be successful it needs a well trained motivated Leadership Team with a clear vision, mission, goals, and mechanisms.  It doesn't matter if you're meeting in person or on Zoom, the basics of BNI are still the same.  And if the basic principles of BNI are implemented and followed, you will have successful members as well as a successful chapter.

If you or your chapter need help and support, reach out to your Support Director.

 
To Your Success,
 



Annette Mason
Area Director Consultant

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