Dfcs training for New County Directors Workshop No. 1 Leadership Trainer’s Guide

Refer participants to the worksheet for this activity on Page 34 of the 
Participant Guide. 
Facilitate activity according to instructions on the slide. 
Trainer’s Note: No formal debrief of this self-assessment is necessary.
Transition: Leaders have relationships with many different people. For the 
next few minutes, though, let’s focus on the professional relationships that 
are specific to your role as County Director. 
 
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Principle-Centered Professional Relationships 
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Principle-Centered Professional 
Relationships
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Valid requests from all sources should 
be treated with respect and responded to 
quickly:
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The Board
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Foster Parents
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Community Groups
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The Media
Show OH 65 (Principle-Centered Professional Relationships). 
Transition to activity: Covey provided some high-level strategies for 
building relationships. Once again, let’s do an activity to get to a more 
detailed level of information, specific to your role as a County Director. 
 
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Activity: Strategies for Specific Relationships 
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Activity: Strategies for Specific 
Relationships
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We will do this activity in four small groups. 
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Each group will be assigned one of the groups indicated:
community groups, foster parents, the media or the Board.
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Brainstorm specific strategies for building relationships with 
your assigned group.
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Your strategies might include what you should and should not do,
how accessible you should be, who you should contact, what you 
should do early-on to establish rapport and create a good 
foundation, what you should do ongoing, etc.
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Elect one member of your group to be the recorder (on flip chart
paper) and one to be the speaker, who will present your 
strategies to the large group.
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You can use the space in your Participant Guide, page 35, to 
take notes on strategies the other groups present.
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You will have 15 minutes to create your strategies.