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Developing Leaders Around You: Getting young AAOS fellows involved in their state orthopaedic societies American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons State Orthopaedic Societies November 16, 2003 Reading Sources Generations At Work Zemke, Raines, and Filipczak The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C. Maxwell Developing the Leaders Around You John C. Maxwell The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Oren Harari The Leader’s Key Question: Am I raising up potential leaders? Do I want to gain more followers or more leaders? Do I have a game plan? Do young fellows sense “value” with their state society? Do I know what new members want from the state society? Challenges for Recruiting New Fellows Competition from specialty societies Increased work-time demands for most new fellows Family committments Generational differences: Gen Xers “I want a life!” Generations at Work Veterans (b. 1922-1943) Brokaw’s “Greatest Generation” influenced by WWII and depression founded and joined civic and professional organizations Baby Boomers (b. 1943-1965) influenced by Viet Nam and the civil rights movement “live to work” Generations at Work Gen Xers (b. 1965-1980) influenced by computers, Glasnost, and AIDS technologically adept seek “balance” in the their lives not slackers Question ? How to make the State Orthopaedic society relevant to this next generation? The Leader’s Toughest Challenge Creating a Climate for Potential Leaders Toughest part - culture change within society active recruitment vs passive acceptance Provide opportunities for growth “state society before all else” Provide the potential leader with a mentor cross-generation networking Spend more time on the “farm team” than the free agents The Leader’s Primary Responsibility Identifying Potential Leaders deep pool of talent don’t view them as all being the same strengths and weaknesses (advanced degrees, legislative connections) work horses vs show horses Remember! New members want to be called upon for help