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One Year to Lead
Congratulations! With your election as a local president, you have become the most important officer in Junior Chamber International. The success of each chapter, and therefore the entire organization, depends heavily on its chapter president who is faced with both a challenge and an opportunity. Your challenge is to justify the faith shown in you by those who elected you to this position and opportunity is the chance you have to see the results of your efforts. A successful chapter president will see his chapter receive increased public respect, and its members number and pride in being associated with a great organization.
This publication is written specially for you. It aims to help you develop some important personal attributes which will contribute to success and specially to supplement assistance given you in other JCI publications. The only missing element is YOU; your success depends very much on your dedication to your task and the time and energy you invest. This elements cannot be placed in any manual, and yet, are more important than any other factor.
We are confident that you will find this manual more timely and useful than ever. We at the Junior Chamber International Headquarters are delighted that One Year to Lead has provided you and members of your chapter with the information, ideas and insight concerning the diverse aspects of chapter leadership.
You will find no idle claims; the contents of the text and examples given are based on the practice and experience of successful chapters worldwide. The fundamental principles of good chapter leadership apply anywhere and anytime.
It is our hope that this revised edition will continue to provide the basis for your success. We think that readers may be pleasantly surprised to see how interesting and practical the chapters are, and we hope that you use it as a tool to help you develop skills and acquire knowledge. Such aspects will allow you to exert a strong, positive impact in your chapter as a voluntary leader. We hope, too, that you will use the tools you find here to forge your own positive leadership style.
One Year to Lead is designed primarily for the president elect or newly elected chapter president—the leader—for use during his term of office. If you succeed in managing your chapter efficiently and effectively, at the end of your year, you will have earned from your colleagues a thank you for a job well done.”
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