Officer & Chairman Duties
Steps to avoid problems in your student organization :
- Believe in, foster and support TEAMWORK.
- Be committed to the PROBLEM-SOLVING process; use it and let DATA , not emotions, drive decisions.
- Seek members INPUT before you make key decisions.
- Believe that the best way to improve the quality of work or service is to ASK and LISTEN to members.
- Strive to develop mutual RESPECT and TRUST among members.
- Manage on the BEHAVIOR of the 95% of your members who are responsible and respectful, and not on the 5% who cause problems. Deal with the 5% PROMPTLY and FAIRLY.
- Improve systems and examine processes BEFORE blaming people.
- AVOID "top-down," power-oriented decision-making whenever possible.
- Encourage CREATIVITY through RISK-TAKING and be TOLERANT of honest mistakes.
- Be a FACILITATOR and COACH.
- Develop an OPEN atmosphere that encourages providing and accepting FEEDBACK.
- Develop with members agreed-upon GOALS and a PLAN to achieve them.