Presentation from the chairperson leadership training on July 9th

1. Chairperson LeadershipTraining
2:50 – 4:15pm on July 9, 2014

2.  Work within your group to resolve the scenarios
below. It is important for everyone in the group to
share their thoughts, questions and responses for
each scenario. Remember, this is a practice activity so
please be open to feedback from your peers.
 Facilitators are there to facilitate the discussion, but
will not be responding to the scenarios. This is also an
excellent opportunity to role-play and practice your
facilitation skills in a safe place. If you would like to
role-play a scenario let your facilitator and group
know so they can assist.

3.  Council meetings are becoming less and less
productive. It is rare to get through the entire
agenda and some members tend to take over
the conversation. What steps can you take to
make sure the next Council meeting is
successful?

4.  The Council recently took a public stance on
closing segregated communities throughout
the state. Other organizations are speaking
out in favor of keeping segregated
communities open and are attacking the
Council publically. As a leader on the Council
the media is reaching out to you for
comments. What steps should you take
before responding? How should you
respond?

5.  A group of Council members are upset
regarding an issue coming to a vote at the
next meeting and are actively attempting to
steer other members in a particular direction.
How would you respond?

6.  There is an influx of new members whose
values may not align with the DD Act. What
steps would you take to work with these
members on understanding and upholding
the DD Act?

7.  A member was just elected to serve on the
executive committee. This member wants to
change parts of the 5 year state plan by
adding more goals. What steps should you
take to address this member’s desire to
change the plan?

8.  You feel that the executive director is
overstepping by acting on behalf of the
Council without their consent. How would
you respond?

9.  Some members are not participating in the
Council meetings, because they don’t
understand the subject matter. How would
you make sure that all members participate?

10.  What hypothetical situation would you like to
ask the group to respond to... with time
remaining create additional scenarios that
the group can respond to.