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Planning for Commissioner Recruiting Success

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Planning Lays the Foundation for Improvement

A recruiting plan provides the path to meeting the needs identified by assessment. An effective plan will include multiple levels that support one another:

  • The council plan likely will include goals to recruit assistant council commissioners with specific accountability as well as goals with specific accountability for the number and type of commissioners to be recruited in each district.
  • District plans likely will include goals with specific accountability to recruit assistant district commissioners, unit commissioners, and roundtable commissioners.

Establishing priorities will help determine target dates for goals. Additional leadership might be a high priority and result in a near-term goal to add assistant council or assistant district commissioners. Plans for new units obtained from the district membership committee will enable establishing priorities for recruiting new-unit commissioners.

Recruiting plan goals should be SMART:

  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Achievable
  • Realistic
  • Time-based

To help ensure achievement, it may be helpful to establish interim goals, or checkpoints, for each goal. For example, a district goal to recruit 12 unit commissioners during the coming year might be broken down into interim goals, or check points, for each quarter.

An individual should be responsible for each goal in the plan. On the council plan, the council commissioner, an assistant council commissioner, or a district commissioner should be responsible for each goal in the plan. On the district plan, the district commissioner or an assistant district commissioner should be responsible for each goal.

Consider skills in establishing accountability. Every commissioner may not have experience with or be good at recruiting. Identify commissioners who will be effective when assigning accountability for elements of a recruiting plan. Like other commissioner roles, prior experience isn’t necessarily a barrier: a commissioner with the right attitude and personality may, with a bit of training and experience, prove to be a great recruiter.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.