Texas Volunteer - LAB Responsibilities

The Leadership Advisory Board (LAB) is designed to be advisory in nature. The LAB is responsible for the “big picture” of the county program. Specifically, their role is to provide long term vision for the county program, serve as advocates for the county program by assisting with interpretation of the program throughout the county, and provide support to develop resources for the county program.

Listed below are various newsletter articles you can use as a support piece with the county Leadership Advisory Board. Please fell free to use any of these you wish with your LAB. These newsletters are aimed to help teach various principles and responsibilities of the Leadership Advisory Board.

Topic	Description
Creating A Vision	Having a vision is one of the most powerful components of leadership.
Critical Thinking	Critical thinking means calling into question the very assumptions underlying customary habitual ways of thinking and acting.
Character / Ethics in Leadership	Character is the inherent complex of attributes that determine a person's moral and ethical actions and reactions.
Embracing Generational Differences	Members of each generation share similar social conditions, historical events, economic trends and technological advancements.
Goal Setting	Goal statements provide us with motivation, energy and enthusiasm as well as provide direction and keep us on track.
Handling Stress	Stress is a non-specific, personal response of the body to a demand placed on it.
Leading Effective Meetings: Making Basic Parliamentary Procedure Work	Parliamentary procedure is an organized method of running effective meetings and is a way of conducting business in a fair and democratic manner.
Personality Traits of Leaders	There are all types of personality profiles that help each of us determine our own personality.
Strategic Planning	A major role of community leaders is to set priorities and guide others in identifying the most important needs to be addressed in a community.
Time Management	Essentially life is about how you spent your time and where you place your priorities.
Volunteers the Heart of the Community	Learn about the ISOTURE model: an effective way to manage volunteers.
Working Groups	Families, civic groups, school-based programming all depend on groups of people that work together.

Thanks to all the contributing authors:
Pam Foster, Dannielle Harris, Noelle Chmielewski, Nicole Stedman, Chris Boleman, Toby Lepley, Angela Burkham and Pam Brown

Leadership Advisory Boards - This is information is specific to Leadership Advisory Boards.

Validation of Stakeholder Input
User Guide – This is a five page guide with web captures that walk the County Extension Agent through the validation process using the Leadership Advisory Board.

Centra Validation – PPT - This is the PPT used for the CEntra trainings showing County Extension Agents the steps to validate issues using the Leadership Advisory Board.

Checklist – This is the checklist County Extension Agents can use to go through the validation process with the Leadership Advisory Board.