For Toastmasters Club Officers. Introducing important leadership concepts to deliver more value to your members. And to learn more as a leader

1. Service & Leadership Presented by Warwick John Fahy DTM 18 July 2009, Shanghai Download the audio MP3 training at http://warwickjohnfahy.com/warwicktm.html

2. Some Definitions

3. Leadership “ The process of getting something done through other willing people.”

4. Service “ Service is the unseen but strongly felt value you bring to a tangible product.”

5. The Mission of a Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

6. The Mission of a Leader ..is to decide on how high to raise the club's benchmark , think about key areas where the club needs to sharpen the focus and set the tone for all the club's interactions during and after their leadership term.

7. Raise your Benchmark

8. How high..?

9. Ready to stretch..?

10. Require effort & leverage!

11. Too easy..?

12. Takeaway Choose one service area that your club can improve to its members in the next 6 months

13. Sharpen the focus

14. What is focus? =

15. Focus is your “added value” “ Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” Abraham Lincoln

16. What needs your focus?

17. ..don't use it on people..!

18. ..choose a target..

19. ..what if you were a chef?

20. ..preparing a gourmet meal?

21. What's your club vision? Leaders imagine how they would like the future to look

23. Set the right tone

24. Your words have power “ Be impeccable with your word” Don Miguel Ruiz

25. You will be “looked up” to.. “ You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

26. Walk your Talk Illustration by Cynthia Cooper

27. Enjoy the Journey! Raise your Benchmark Sharpen your Focus Set the tone

28. Final Thought “ Run your own race, but run it to the best of your ability ” - Warwick John Fahy