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SUCCESSFUL CLUB

One cannot rest on past laurels to guarantee future success. Club culture must be

such that learning is paramount.

foundation upon which any organization, directly contribute to my club’s DCP program
including a Toastmasters club can help to ensure objectives. In addition, the member will benefit
long-term success while fending off the inevitable personally and professionally from their effort,

challenges associated with membership attrition and the club benefits from such learning.
and resultant corporate-knowledge decline.”
To achieve this outcome, below are some of Quality Leadership is Essential
the key factors that apply to the TM-3091 model, No arbitrary officer assignments are

and could be useful to any Toastmasters club acceptable. Clubs must recruit quality officers
striving to achieve and maintain excellence as that fully strive to learn, perform, and are
a standard: committed to their roles. Most important is that
officers take their roles seriously and are willing

A Club Vision Statement is Paramount: to share their knowledge with their peers, club
Hellen Keller once stated that, “The only members, and replacement officer candidates.
thing worse than being blind is having sight
but no vision.” As a leader, that vision statement A vision statement

is critical to your success. A clearly articulated
vision statement tends to unify member focus provides each member with
and performance. TM-3091’s vision statement an understanding of what
is focused like a laser on professionalism and

simply states their need “To pursue excellence the leadership of that
in both communication and leadership skills
training.” organization is seeking to
A vision statement provides each member achieve..

with an understanding of what the leadership
of that organization is seeking to achieve.
Knowing the vision of their leadership enables The recruitment of replacement officers and the
the members to clearly understand what they sharing of knowledge with them is critical to keep

must do to contribute to help the club achieve the organizational learning process on track.
its stated vision. Example: If I complete my The fleet-up program works best if practical; i.e.
“Traditional” program manual, or Pathways officers rotate to the next position in sequence
program assignment, that single activity will to ultimately become club president.

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