After too long, am am continuing with new blog postings this week.
Going forward, I will be shooting for postings every 2 weeks, on Friday.
In between, I MAY post other items.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
Notes #34: Know thyself: StrenghtsFinder & conclusion
As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of
leadership that is too often overlooked.
Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are? Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you like working with people or with
things? Are you more a thinker or a
doer? Have you put any thought into the
fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar
traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different
traits? This is usually all lumped into
the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here
are many models. While many people may
get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school,
not everyone gets the chance.
In the final in this series of articles we look at another assessment
tool: StrengthsFinder
Friday, May 16, 2014
Notes #33: Know thyself: Social Styles
As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of
leadership that is too often overlooked.
Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are? Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you like working with people or with
things? Are you more a thinker or a
doer? Have you put any thought into the
fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar
traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different
traits? This is usually all lumped into
the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here
are many models. While many people may
get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school,
not everyone gets the chance.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Notes #32: Know thyself: DISC
As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of
leadership that is too often overlooked.
Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are? Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you like working with people or with
things? Are you more a thinker or a
doer? Have you put any thought into the
fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar
traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different
traits? This is usually all lumped into
the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here
are many models. While many people may
get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school,
not everyone gets the chance.
In the next in this series of articles, we look at another
assessment tool, DISC.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Notes #31: Know thyself: Intro & Myers-Briggs
As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of
leadership that is too often overlooked.
Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are? Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you like working with people or with
things? Are you more a thinker or a
doer? Have you put any thought into the
fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar
traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different
traits? This is usually all lumped into
the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here
are many models. While many people may
get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school,
not everyone gets the chance.
I should say that I am not a psychologist, and I have no
training in this field. I have been
exposed to some of these concepts, and have spent some time doing further
research for these articles, and so I encourage those who have an interest to
seek out some of the resources I mention and take this further if they want to
learn more. This will be the first of a
series on this topic.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Notes #30- 10 More Useful Motions to Know
Last Notes, we covered 10 basic motions everyone should
know. Now we have 10 “More Useful
Motions to Know”, which are of several classes of motions, some are subsidiary
and relate to the main motion, some are incidental and relate to the pending
business in different ways, and some are motions which bring a question
"again" before the assembly. Initially it is more important to focus
on what is accomplished by the use of the motions listed.
1. CHANGE RULES OF DEBATE. Move to LIMIT or EXTEND LIMITS OF DEBATE. You can move to reduce (or increase) the number of speeches or the length of each speech or you can specify a time limit for debate on a pending main motion. Be aware this will require a 2/3rd vote! Standard is speaking twice on the same motion for 10 minutes each. You group can change that across the board, setting it as a Standing Rule. This motion allows you to temporarily change this.
2. FORCE CONFORMITY TO AGENDA. Use the device, CALL FOR THE ORDERS OF THE DAY to require the return to the adopted program or order of business. This can be used if your meeting is getting off track.
3. URGENT PRIVILEGE. Use the device, RAISE A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE, to interrupt pending business to make a request affecting the rights or privileges of the assembly (i.e to point out that the speaker cannot be heard, it’s too hot or too cold, or the like.)
4. SET UP AN ADJOURNED MEETING. Move to FIX THE TIME TO WHICH TO ADJOURN. The adoption of this motion does NOT adjourn the meeting, it really says that when we “adjourn”, we are really “adjourning to meet again at a specified place or time/day”. This is a very confusing motion! Think of it as a really really long recess of the meeting (to the next day), so that the meeting continues and you can conclude business. Usually only seen with organizations that have a multi-day legislative session at a convention.
5. DISAGREE WITH CHAIR'S RULING. Move to APPEAL from the decision of the chair (must be made immediately after the chair's ruling on a POINT OF ORDER).
6. IN DOUBT ABOUT A VOTE? Call for a DIVISION OF THE ASSEMBLY (you can just call out "DIVISION!") when a voice vote seems inconclusive (and the chair doesn't do this); it is a demand for a rising vote (no vote is required on this call) .
7. TEMPORARILY CHANGE RULES. Move to SUSPEND THE RULES if something needs to be done and it’s not in accordance with the regular rules of procedure. (NOTE: Bylaws cannot be suspended!!!)
8. FIRE A COMMITTEE. Move to DISCHARGE A COMMITTEE when a committee has failed to carry out its duties or when it is desired to return a matter back to the assembly. Typically only done with Special/Ad Hoc committees.
9. CANCEL OR REPEAL A PRIOR ACTION. Move to RESCIND if you want to strike out, change, cancel, or countermand a previous action or order adopted any time in the past.
10. REVERSE A VOTE OR CHANGE ADOPTED MOTION. Move to RECONSIDER the vote on the previously adopted motion. The purpose is to permit correction of an erroneous action or to take into account new information.
1. CHANGE RULES OF DEBATE. Move to LIMIT or EXTEND LIMITS OF DEBATE. You can move to reduce (or increase) the number of speeches or the length of each speech or you can specify a time limit for debate on a pending main motion. Be aware this will require a 2/3rd vote! Standard is speaking twice on the same motion for 10 minutes each. You group can change that across the board, setting it as a Standing Rule. This motion allows you to temporarily change this.
2. FORCE CONFORMITY TO AGENDA. Use the device, CALL FOR THE ORDERS OF THE DAY to require the return to the adopted program or order of business. This can be used if your meeting is getting off track.
3. URGENT PRIVILEGE. Use the device, RAISE A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE, to interrupt pending business to make a request affecting the rights or privileges of the assembly (i.e to point out that the speaker cannot be heard, it’s too hot or too cold, or the like.)
4. SET UP AN ADJOURNED MEETING. Move to FIX THE TIME TO WHICH TO ADJOURN. The adoption of this motion does NOT adjourn the meeting, it really says that when we “adjourn”, we are really “adjourning to meet again at a specified place or time/day”. This is a very confusing motion! Think of it as a really really long recess of the meeting (to the next day), so that the meeting continues and you can conclude business. Usually only seen with organizations that have a multi-day legislative session at a convention.
5. DISAGREE WITH CHAIR'S RULING. Move to APPEAL from the decision of the chair (must be made immediately after the chair's ruling on a POINT OF ORDER).
6. IN DOUBT ABOUT A VOTE? Call for a DIVISION OF THE ASSEMBLY (you can just call out "DIVISION!") when a voice vote seems inconclusive (and the chair doesn't do this); it is a demand for a rising vote (no vote is required on this call) .
7. TEMPORARILY CHANGE RULES. Move to SUSPEND THE RULES if something needs to be done and it’s not in accordance with the regular rules of procedure. (NOTE: Bylaws cannot be suspended!!!)
8. FIRE A COMMITTEE. Move to DISCHARGE A COMMITTEE when a committee has failed to carry out its duties or when it is desired to return a matter back to the assembly. Typically only done with Special/Ad Hoc committees.
9. CANCEL OR REPEAL A PRIOR ACTION. Move to RESCIND if you want to strike out, change, cancel, or countermand a previous action or order adopted any time in the past.
10. REVERSE A VOTE OR CHANGE ADOPTED MOTION. Move to RECONSIDER the vote on the previously adopted motion. The purpose is to permit correction of an erroneous action or to take into account new information.
Again, see the prior Notes on motions for more info on
resources.
[this note is based on work by the Plantation Unit of
Parliamentarians]
Friday, December 13, 2013
Notes #29- 10 Basic Motions
As noted, the workhorse for introducing and handling
business in your group (or a committee within it) is the MOTION. In the first in this sub-series, we covered
how to handle the basic “main motion”. Each
member has the right to participate according to their own judgment- to make
motions, debate, and vote. The following summary will not tell you everything
you need to know, but if you know how to accomplish what you want in meetings,
you have made great strides in contributing to effective meetings. So here we give 10 basic motions that most
people will need to know.
1. BRING UP BUSINESS. If you want to propose that your group take an action (ie, make a purchase, plan a service event or social event or a camping trip) you must make a MAIN MOTION. You can only do this when no other business is pending. (see the first in this sub-series on how to do this).
2. KILL A MAIN MOTION. Move to POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. This avoids a direct vote on the main motion and thereby "kills" it.
3. MAKE A MAIN MOTION BETTER. Move to AMEND the main motion. You may add or delete or change, even substitute one motion for another. Don’t withhold a second because the motion isn't quite what you want, instead AMEND it.
4. GET MORE INFORMATION. Move to REFER the motion to a committee. You may even specify which committee or you may define the committee. (that is, assign it to an already existing Standing Committee or establish a short-lived Special Committee or Ad Hoc Committee with specific members just to look at this matter) Very useful if you think the idea has merit, but needs more work by a small group of people.
5. PUT OFF THE VOTE ON A MAIN MOTION. Move to POSTPONE the main motion to a later time or another meeting. The time must be DEFINITELY specified. If postponing it to another meeting, ideally it should be the next one.
6. PUT ASIDE TEMPORARILY. Move to LAY the pending motion ON THE TABLE. Can only be used if an urgent reason to do so. Consideration of the motion continues after adoption of the motion to TAKE FROM THE TABLE.
7. CLOSE DEBATE/STOP AMENDMENTS. Move the PREVIOUS QUESTION. (some groups allow for this to be called "STOP DEBATE"). This requires a 2/3 vote and if adopted the vote is taken immediately on the pending motion. DON’T confuse the vote on the previous question with a vote on the motion itself!! They are separate! If you voted to stop the debate, you STILL have to vote on the motion itself.
8. TAKE A BREAK. Move to RECESS. A recess is short intermission (say, 15 minutes or so); the interrupted business is resumed after the recess.
9. CLOSE THE MEETING. Move to ADJOURN. Adjourn is in order even when business is pending and if adopted closes the meeting immediately. (any pending business is lost, by the way).
10. NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING more about the pending motion? Use the device REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. For example, "Mr. President, Request for Information. How much did we give last year?"
1. BRING UP BUSINESS. If you want to propose that your group take an action (ie, make a purchase, plan a service event or social event or a camping trip) you must make a MAIN MOTION. You can only do this when no other business is pending. (see the first in this sub-series on how to do this).
2. KILL A MAIN MOTION. Move to POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. This avoids a direct vote on the main motion and thereby "kills" it.
3. MAKE A MAIN MOTION BETTER. Move to AMEND the main motion. You may add or delete or change, even substitute one motion for another. Don’t withhold a second because the motion isn't quite what you want, instead AMEND it.
4. GET MORE INFORMATION. Move to REFER the motion to a committee. You may even specify which committee or you may define the committee. (that is, assign it to an already existing Standing Committee or establish a short-lived Special Committee or Ad Hoc Committee with specific members just to look at this matter) Very useful if you think the idea has merit, but needs more work by a small group of people.
5. PUT OFF THE VOTE ON A MAIN MOTION. Move to POSTPONE the main motion to a later time or another meeting. The time must be DEFINITELY specified. If postponing it to another meeting, ideally it should be the next one.
6. PUT ASIDE TEMPORARILY. Move to LAY the pending motion ON THE TABLE. Can only be used if an urgent reason to do so. Consideration of the motion continues after adoption of the motion to TAKE FROM THE TABLE.
7. CLOSE DEBATE/STOP AMENDMENTS. Move the PREVIOUS QUESTION. (some groups allow for this to be called "STOP DEBATE"). This requires a 2/3 vote and if adopted the vote is taken immediately on the pending motion. DON’T confuse the vote on the previous question with a vote on the motion itself!! They are separate! If you voted to stop the debate, you STILL have to vote on the motion itself.
8. TAKE A BREAK. Move to RECESS. A recess is short intermission (say, 15 minutes or so); the interrupted business is resumed after the recess.
9. CLOSE THE MEETING. Move to ADJOURN. Adjourn is in order even when business is pending and if adopted closes the meeting immediately. (any pending business is lost, by the way).
10. NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING more about the pending motion? Use the device REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. For example, "Mr. President, Request for Information. How much did we give last year?"
For more resources on motions, see the previous Note.
[this note is based on work by the Plantation Unit of
Parliamentarians]
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