Leadership

Think Strategically

• Fostering Higher Quality Board Decision Making 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Board's Roles & Goals Bob Harris
  
• A Good Board Member ABA Division for Bar Services
  
• Board Orientations that are Worth the Effort BoardLink, Spring 2011

Be a Good Board Member

• Financial management in a changing environment Presentation by James M. Skorheim
• Traps for the Unwary Presentation from 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Five Internal Controls for the Very Small Nonprofit Blue Avocado
• Ensuring the Bar’s Financial Future Handout from 2013 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• The Board and Its Financial Oversight Role BoardLink, Winter 2010
• IRS Form 990 Resource Page ABA Division for Bar Services

Be Inclusive

• Diversity in Action Boardsource
• Creating an Inclusive Bar Environment: What it Takes! Presentation from 2013 ABA Bar Leadership Institute

Communicate Effectively

• Managing Difficult Conversations Presentation from 2015 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Message Management & Crisis Communication Handout from 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Ten Tips for Dealing with the Media Handout from 2013 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Bar communicators help incoming presidents sprint toward great columns and interviews Bar Leader, May-June 2014
• Developing Sticky Messages Presentation from 2010 ABA Bar Leadership Institute

Build Relationships

• Myths and Truths: The Bar Presidency for Unstaffed Bar Associations Presentation from 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• The Leader’s Role as Facilitator-in-Chief Handout from 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Leading With Diplomacy: Dealing With Conflict Presentation from 2013 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• A Leader's Role in Member Engagement Presentation from 2013 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Five Key Components for a Successful Board-Executive Director Partnership BoardLink, Fall 2011

Run Efficient Meetings

• Productive, Purposeful Meetings That Leave Participants Engaged And Inspired Presentation from 2016 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Strategies for Effective Meeting Management Presentation from 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• Deliberating Differently in the Boardroom Presentation from 2010 ABA Leadership Institute

Master Time Management

• Time Management & Technology for Bar Leaders: Practical Tips for Success & Sanity Presentation from 2010 ABA Bar Leadership Institute
• 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done Peter Bregman (book)
• Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life Stewart Friedman (book)
• Making Robert’s Rules Work for You Presentation from 2014 ABA Bar Leadership Institute

Keep Up on Trends

• ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services
• Fast-paced program at BLI tackles the future of the profession Bar Leader, May-June 2014
• 21st Century Practice Task Force Report State Bar of Michigan

Help from DBS

• Strategic Planning
  
• Board Training
  

Leadership Library

• 2017 State & Local Bar Benchmarks
  
• New Bar Board Member
  
• New Bar President
• The ABCs of Nonprofits
• ABA Guidebook for Directors of Nonprofit Corporations

Contact

Questions on this topic? Contact Molly Flood, Research and Information Manager.

E: molly.flood@americanbar.org
P: (312) 988-5362