Innovators Alliance Chapter Chair - Kingston
About the role
Company Description
Innovators Alliance is a not-for-profit network of CEOs from high-growth organizations in Ontario, focusing on growth through innovation. Members collaborate to enhance their skills and innovate across their enterprises by sharing expertise and best practices.
Role Description
This is a part-time consulting position for an Innovators Alliance Chapter Chair in Kingston, ON. The Chapter Chair is responsible for providing a consistent excellent Chapter experience for members, encouraging full participation, cultivating shared responsibility, and encouraging honesty, integrity, and respect. By supporting everyone to do their best thinking, the Chair enables all members to search for innovative inclusive solutions that will help to build and sustain successful businesses.
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Innovators Alliance Chapter Chair embraces the values of the Alliance, understands what makes Innovators Alliance unique, and leverages and encourages use of the tools and resources available to members to ensure members are experiencing professional growth and success in their businesses.
Qualifications
Either an entrepreneur with experience leading innovative organizations (with average revenues of at least $3M), demonstrated ability to think creatively, with a solid understanding of the unique challenges involved with running a business - OR a seasoned business coach/ facilitator, with experience coaching C1 level management.
Duties and Responsibilities
Meeting Facilitation
- Organizing, sending invitations, and facilitating ten Chapter meetings annually, taking place at member and/or sponsor workplaces.
- Maintaining the approved framework for Chapter meetings, which includes the format and frequency of meetings that are in line with Innovators Alliance’s standards.
- Ensuring a consistent, high quality Chapter experience that integrates all elements outlined in the IA Chapter Scorecard.
- Vetting any special guests or presenters prior to Chapter meetings to ensure the speaker understands Innovators Alliance expectations and his/her role as a guest presenter.
Coaching IA Members
- Supporting all IA Chapter members to develop their Innovation Journey by providing two hours of support/ coaching.
Advancing & Supporting the IA Member Experience
- Participating in four Chapter Chair Committee virtual meetings a year
- Acting as a key liaison between Innovators Alliance and the Chapter Community. This includes the promotion of IA initiatives, opportunities as needed.
- Participating in two full day ‘Power Meetings’ each year.
About Innovators Alliance
Who is Innovators Alliance? We’re a not-for-profit network of CEOs from some of Ontario's highest growth organizations. We meet monthly to discuss applied and management innovation.
The Alliance members draw on the strong management and academic backgrounds of fellow thought leaders and leading edge companies to continually enhance and expand each others’ horizons and abilities. The ultimate goal is to help each other innovate better across the entire enterprise, by developing effective methods, processes and management tools.
Discover profitable business growth through innovative thinking and B2B networking through Innovators Alliance.
Innovators Alliance Chapter Chair - Kingston
About the role
Company Description
Innovators Alliance is a not-for-profit network of CEOs from high-growth organizations in Ontario, focusing on growth through innovation. Members collaborate to enhance their skills and innovate across their enterprises by sharing expertise and best practices.
Role Description
This is a part-time consulting position for an Innovators Alliance Chapter Chair in Kingston, ON. The Chapter Chair is responsible for providing a consistent excellent Chapter experience for members, encouraging full participation, cultivating shared responsibility, and encouraging honesty, integrity, and respect. By supporting everyone to do their best thinking, the Chair enables all members to search for innovative inclusive solutions that will help to build and sustain successful businesses.
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Innovators Alliance Chapter Chair embraces the values of the Alliance, understands what makes Innovators Alliance unique, and leverages and encourages use of the tools and resources available to members to ensure members are experiencing professional growth and success in their businesses.
Qualifications
Either an entrepreneur with experience leading innovative organizations (with average revenues of at least $3M), demonstrated ability to think creatively, with a solid understanding of the unique challenges involved with running a business - OR a seasoned business coach/ facilitator, with experience coaching C1 level management.
Duties and Responsibilities
Meeting Facilitation
- Organizing, sending invitations, and facilitating ten Chapter meetings annually, taking place at member and/or sponsor workplaces.
- Maintaining the approved framework for Chapter meetings, which includes the format and frequency of meetings that are in line with Innovators Alliance’s standards.
- Ensuring a consistent, high quality Chapter experience that integrates all elements outlined in the IA Chapter Scorecard.
- Vetting any special guests or presenters prior to Chapter meetings to ensure the speaker understands Innovators Alliance expectations and his/her role as a guest presenter.
Coaching IA Members
- Supporting all IA Chapter members to develop their Innovation Journey by providing two hours of support/ coaching.
Advancing & Supporting the IA Member Experience
- Participating in four Chapter Chair Committee virtual meetings a year
- Acting as a key liaison between Innovators Alliance and the Chapter Community. This includes the promotion of IA initiatives, opportunities as needed.
- Participating in two full day ‘Power Meetings’ each year.
About Innovators Alliance
Who is Innovators Alliance? We’re a not-for-profit network of CEOs from some of Ontario's highest growth organizations. We meet monthly to discuss applied and management innovation.
The Alliance members draw on the strong management and academic backgrounds of fellow thought leaders and leading edge companies to continually enhance and expand each others’ horizons and abilities. The ultimate goal is to help each other innovate better across the entire enterprise, by developing effective methods, processes and management tools.
Discover profitable business growth through innovative thinking and B2B networking through Innovators Alliance.