A Leadership Development workshop delivered in the Toastmasters environment used to simulate, experience and reflect on effective leadership skills and how the Toastmasters Program supports their development. This workshop presented at the Toastmasters District 73 2012 Semi Annual Conference.

1. Accelerating your leadership
development
Eric Pace

2. DCPDCP
Acknowledging Non Toastmasters
Controlling the jargon
President’s
Distinguished
President’s
Distinguished
Officer
List
Officer
List
CCCC
DTMDTM
ACLACL

3. Let’s Discuss
Q: What is the job of a leader?

4. l

5. Let’s Discuss
Q: What is the job of club leaders?

6. Let’s Discuss
Q: What is the job of club leaders?
A: To help successfully manage their club
to meet the needs of the members.

7. Let’s Discuss
Q: How do we know
that a club is being run
successfully?
What is our
measurement tool?

8. Let’s Discuss
The Distinguished Club Program

9. Let’s Discuss

15. 1 Two Competent Communicators
2 Two More Competent Communicators
3 One Advanced Communicator
4 One more Advanced Communicator
5 One Leader (CL/AL) or DTM
6 One More Leader or DTM
7 Four New Members
8 Four More New Members
9 Minimum of four officers trained twice
10 One Dues Renewal and One Club Officer List
submitted on time
Distinguished Club Program Goals

16. Last year’s D73 DCP results
What’s
wrong with
this graph?

17. Exercise 1 (groups of 6 to 10 people - 10 Minutes)
You are to take on the role of a District Leader
Q1: List the 3 top reasons why clubs do not
achieve distinguished status.
Q2: List 3 strategies to resolve this situation.

18. Let’s discuss
You are to take on the role of a District Leader
Q1: List the 3 top reasons why clubs do not
achieve distinguished status.
Q2: List three strategies to resolve this
situation.

19. Exercise 2 (Approx. 4 per group – 8 minutes)
What leadership skills were required to
conduct the previous exercise?

20. Leadership skills required
Strategic
thinking
Facilitation
skills
Communication
Systemic
thinking
Decision
making
Active listening
Lateral thinking Problem solving Delegation
Team dynamics
Developing
motivation
Time
management
Personality
management
Interpersonal
skills
Goal setting

21. Leadership skills required
Strategic
thinking
Facilitation
skills
Communication
Systemic
thinking
Decision
making
Active listening
Lateral thinking Problem solving Delegation
Team dynamics
Developing
motivation
Time
management
Personality
management
Interpersonal
skills
Goal setting

22. Conclusion
is workshop simulated a leadership exercise
so that you could practice leadership skills.
ame goes for Toastmasters Club Leadership

23. Conclusion
If this many leadership skills are used to
have a 10 minute discussion about the
Distinguished Club Plan imagine what can
be learnt by taking a year to actively
implement one.

24. Any questions

25. Thanks