What Makes a Representative and Productive Community Board.pptVIP

What Makes a Representative and Productive Community Board Presented By: Yvonne 揃onnie?Gonzalez Chief Executive Officer Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone Corporation Pieces of the Puzzle Integrity Leadership Advocacy Commitment Success What is a Representative Board? Operational Values Integrity leads to credibility Process oriented Leadership Risk Taking Key Concepts Critical to Success Understanding of Key Principles: economic opportunity, sustainable development, community participation, strategic vision for change Community/grassroots driven 揃igger than we are?The 揵ig picture? Operational Structure Regional Board of Directors Administration Cameron County Subzone Advisory Committee Hidalgo County Subzone Advisory Committee Willacy County Subzone Advisory Committee Starr County Subzone Advisory Committee U.S. Health Human Services (Fiscal) United States Department of Agriculture (Programmatic) Texas Department of Economic Development (Fiscal) Project Review and Evaluation Committee Executive - Budget and Finance Committee LEADERSHIP厖. THE VISION?THE CHALLENGE? Leadership: A Definition Leadership is taking the initiative to marshal resources toward end results. Initiative: leaders must have ideas and start people moving. These leader consider the impact of their actions, yet they don抰 spin their wheels. They are decisive and willing to take calculated risks without having all the answer beforehand. Leaders must be perceptive enough to take the lead to get people and resources together to meet the need. Marshal Resources: leaders need organizational ability to bring needed resources together. Some of these resources are people. A leader identifies and gains the cooperation of people. Leaders must help see the importance of their contribution toward meeting the need. A leader must supply the coordination so that all the individual parts come together as a unified whole. Toward End Results: Effective leadership is