2022-2023 Chapter Board Application - Your MPI "Career"

The officers and directors represent the voice of the chapter's membership. To ensure that the Board has the vision and the ability to provide the membership with a variety of benefits including opportunities for learning, building relationships, and growing their businesses, it is required that the Board collectively possess the following traits:

~ Diversity ~ Commitment ~ Accountability ~ Respect ~ Communication ~ Professionalism ~
~ Reputable ~ Open-mindedness ~ Fiscally Responsibility ~ Management Skills ~

With this in mind, please answer the following questions, which illustrate your ideas for the future growth, direction and development of the MPI AZ Chapter.

Time Commitment: Regular attendance at monthly meetings, chapter activities and functions, attendance at Board meetings and retreats.

The questions below are the categories of the MPI Board of Directors Skills Matrix for Individual Skills. There are 7 categories. For each category, please rate yourself as you see yourself, then give examples from your professional and/or personal as well as MPI Chapter experiences.

Experience Rating: 1 - 3 Very Little to Some | 4 - 6 Some to Moderate | 7 - 10 Moderate to Expert

Leadership
Ability to lead; viewed by others as leader; excellent reputation in the community; self-awareness - the ability to read one's emotions and recognize their impact while using gut feelings to guide decisions; self-management - involves controlling one's emotions and impulses and adapting to changing circumstances.

Strategic Thinking
Strategic approach to finding and developing unique opportunities to drive value; understanding of fundamental drivers of business and vigorously challenging conventional thinking about them.

Personal Communication Skills
Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills; the ability to sense, understand, and react to other's emotions while comprehending social networks. Experience in organization and group dynamics.

Influence
Demonstrated ability to inspire, influence and develop others while managing conflict.

Loyalty to MPI
Act in the best interests of MPI and its members rather than the personal interest of the individual or other individual(s).

Business Acumen
Demonstrated knowledge of sound business practices; ability to make an insightful assessment of the external business landscape with the keen awareness of how success can be achieved - and then monitoring execution of the strategy to deliver the desired results.

Fiduciary Responsibility
Duties of due care, loyalty, and acting in good faith.

After completing this application and reviewing the corresponding Job Descriptions and with the support of my employer, I would like to be considered for the position(s) indicated above.

I am confirming that I have the full support of my employer for the time commitment.