Empowerment

Self-efficacy: I will become knowledgeable about my job here in BYUSA. I will know the details of my programs and the basic advertising process that those programs will go through.

How I'll do it: I will read the histories of the programs (if those histories exist) and talk to those individuals who know more about it than I do. This list of people could include VPs, coordinators, past program directors, etc. I can follow up on this with my team because once I am prepared with the information I can share it with others.

Self-determination: According to the source of all knowledge (google) self-determination is "the process by which a person controls their own life." The talk I read for the conflict blog post has been on my mind lately and I have been thinking about how to make my life more balanced. I tend to work really hard and not leave a lot of time for relaxing, and so I want my life to be more balanced.

How I'll do it: I am better able to deal with things if I know what is coming and can plan ahead. I will be more consistent at writing down and prioritizing my assignments and responsibilities and make specific time in my schedule to unwind and relax. :) I don't really feel like I need to inform the Comms team on how I'm doing with this, but I will know if I am or am not following the schedule I have made.

Personal Consequences: I want to be a effective leader of leaders and make an impact on my program directors and their committee. However, at the end of the year I don't want them to say, "Mallory was a good ED because she did..." I want them to say, "Mallory trusted me enough to let me make my own decisions and lead the program in the direction of my vision. She was helpful, but allowed personal responsibility."

How I'll do it: I had a great conversation with Tamara about stretching our volunteers to become their better selves. I think that the points we talked about in the lesson (vision and values, provide support, provide information and resources, etc.) are a great start. If I can practice those principles then I can teach those principles to my PDs and it can go down the chain.

Meaningfulness: As part of the Communications Vision that we established, we talked about making every person who comes into the office feel valued. This idea really hit home to me. If we can make all the volunteers feel welcome then our organization will be more successful.

How I'll do it: I will get back to all the volunteers that call or e-mail me, as well as greeting everyone that I talk to or give a tour to a warm welcome and a smile (as cliche as that sounds).

Trust: I want all my PDs and their committees to feel like they can trust me with the struggles they are having with the programs. I want them to know that I will listen and help them however I can.

How I'll do it: Trust is something that is built up over a long period of time. I will build that trust by replying to their e-mails and phone calls promptly, and by listening to them whenever they come to me with questions.