Presented to South Carolina Recreation & Parks Association Annual Conference , Hilton Head, SC

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SCRPA
Hilton Head
One Day,
I would like to become a Director
Tom O’Rourke
Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission
Torourke@ccprc.com

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Are You Sure?

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What does a Director actually do?
What do the people in an organization WISH their Director would do?

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List the three most important traits that you think a “Director” should possess?

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Top Three
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Honesty
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Leadership
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Vision
Others – In order
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Integrity
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Fair
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Intelligence
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Willingness to Listen
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Ability to execute a plan
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Decisiveness
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Empathy
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Inspirational
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Respectful
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Accessible
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Trusting
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Motivational
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Sense of Humor
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Passionate

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Top Three
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Honesty
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Leadership
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Vision
Others – In order
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Integrity
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Fair
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Intelligence
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Willingness to Listen
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Ability to execute a plan
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Decisiveness
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Empathy
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Inspirational
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Respectful
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Accessible
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Trusting
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Motivational
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Sense of Humor
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Passionate

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Three Things !
Knowledge of the job
Leadership
Judgment

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What is the Job?
Knowledge of the Job

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Knowledge of the Job

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Knowledge of the Job
A TEST!

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Knowledge of the Job
Today you can get ANY information about any subject on anything we do.

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Answers you can’t get on Google, or NRPA Connect
You are not really in search of knowledge, you should be in search of wisdom, philosophy, and the guts to do the hard stuff!
Knowledge of the Job

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Directors MAIN Job
Vision
Mission
Values
Objectives
Audience
Positioning
Personality

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Leadership traits of people at the “Top”
Leadership

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If you want to be a Director you will need to;
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…know how to agree and disagree with Upper Management. AND, if you are upper management, know how to be willing to listen to those that disagree with you.
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…know how to work within the framework of a team.
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… establish and develop working relationships.
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…follow through on assignments.
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…transition well from being the “doer” to the manager of the “doers.”
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…are able to sort out and account for political implications.
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…be the person that others want to be around.

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You also need to;
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…reach out to someone you respect and latch on to them. Let them mentor you.
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…be nice and respectful to people you really don’t like, for the good of the goals, mission and vision of the agency.
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…make sure everyone at SCRPA knows who you are.
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…make sure those that make the final decisions in your agency know you and respect you. This will be because of your work, not that you kissed up to them.
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…have ideas and get them implemented.

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Judgment
Phil Macchia

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From: Tom O'Rourke Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:28 PM To: Phil Macchia Subject: Rusty at Kiawah I talked to him today. Her REALLY wants us to have a sign on the 4th of July up before the circle. Either do it, call him and talk him out of it, or come up with some compromise. I don’t think really that he thinks it will change anything. I think he is just looking for a way to let the Kiawah home owners think that they are doing something. This is a tough place to manage. I know it. Tom

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On Jun 27, 2014, at 9:39 AM, "Phil Macchia" <PMacchia@CCPRC.com> wrote: Tom, I have done the research, how did you leave the conversation with Rusty as far as who is paying for the use of this? On the top end the sign will probably run between $ 900 and $ 1,000, with me or staff going to pick it up. Just wanted to know where we stood. Thanks, Phil <image001.png> Phil Macchia, CPRP Director of Parks Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission 861 Riverland Dr, Charleston, SC 29412 Primary: 843-762- 8091 pmacchia@ccprc.com|CharlestonCountyParks.com

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He is not paying. If you think we should accommodate him, do it. If not, tell him no and I and the Commission will support the decision. You know better than I do. Tom Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2014, at 9:39 AM, "Phil Macchia" <PMacchia@CCPRC.com> wrote:
WHAT DID PHIL DO?

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If you want to be a Director
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Come up with ideas.
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Handle things yourself, before you are asked.
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The relationships you make are invaluable.
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Don’t be a jerk!

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