Guiding Coalition Member Application Welcome to the Guiding Coalition Member Application! We are thrilled you are stepping forward to make a difference here at United Way. Please reach out to an Urgency Team member if you have any questions about the application or the process. We are here to make this as simple and easy as possible. Deadline: Please send completed applications to [email protected] by 3:00 pm on August 4, 2015 to be considered. Purpose: The Guiding Coalition is a volunteer group of United Way employees that is committed to leading and supporting a collaborative change effort at United Way. The Guiding Coalition will build United Way's “right‐side” structure to accelerate the transformation around The Big Opportunity (TBO). The Guiding Coalition will create a Change Vision, select initiatives to help United Way achieve that Change Vision, and recruit an army of volunteers to help execute the Change Vision. Member Attributes: The Guiding Coalition will be made up of a diverse group of 8‐12 volunteer leaders who represent various roles, levels, and tenure at United Way and demonstrate the following behaviors: 
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Understand the hearts and minds of people we serve
Never allow fear to block life’s possibilities
Inspire individuals to action
Transform “why we can’t” to “how we can”
Empower the community to invoke change
Develop lasting personal and emotional connections
Affect change through actions big and small
Leverage technology to accelerate progress
Lead from where they sit
Align the extraordinary energy of individuals to achieve our mission
Step forward to create a positive and long‐lasting change
Guiding Coalition Responsibilities: Guiding Coalition members will be expected to do the following: 
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Serve a one year term and spend the time necessary each week to complete both Guiding
Coalition activities and the responsibilities of your day‐to‐day job
Create solutions to obstacles and challenges and take action to remove barriers
Work with a diverse group of dynamic leaders who want to help make transformational change
a reality at United Way
Lead or co‐lead an idea team (or teams) to accelerate change in a specific area
Help recruit people not on the Guiding Coalition to serve on idea teams
Not expect to receive any additional salary or remuneration, and discuss with your manager
how to reflect your work with the Guiding Coalition
Attend in‐person quarterly meetings, bi‐weekly Guiding Coalition calls and weekly/as‐scheduled
initiative and sub‐initiative team calls
Timeline: Completed applications will be reviewed on August 5‐7th, with the announcement of the Guiding Coalition on August 10th. Guiding Coalition members are strongly encouraged to attend the 1 ½ day kick‐off session facilitated by Kotter International on August 12th and 13th. Application Questions Please provide responses to the following questions. Identifying information (except for department) requested in this application will be removed prior to review. SECTION 1: BASIC INFORMATION 1. Name:
2. E‐Mail:
3. Department:
4. Years in Current Position:
5. Years of Work Experience:
SECTION 2: LEADERSHIP 6. What does “leadership” mean to you?
7. The Big Opportunity lists five ways United Way can connect people to purpose. Which one do
you connect with most and why? TBO: http://unitedwaydallas.org/tbo.
8. Why do you want to join the UWMD Guiding Coalition?
9. If you were able to choose someone else to serve on the Guiding Coalition, who would it be
and why?
SECTION 3: EXPERIENCE 10. Describe an experience when you led an effort to change something for the better. What did
you learn from this experience that you are excited to bring to the UWMD Guiding Coalition?
11. Describe an experience when you had an idea that went against the grain. Were you able to
move that idea forward? What did you learn from this experience that you are excited to
bring to the UWMD Guiding Coalition?
SECTION 4: COMMITMENT 12. Please check the box below to confirm that if you are willing to dedicate additional time to
help lead United Way’s collaborative change effort if you are selected to serve on the uwmd
Guiding Coalition.
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13. The UWMD Guiding Coalition will need to recruit volunteers from across the organization to
serve on idea teams that help accelerate change. Please check the box below if you are
interested in volunteering for one of the idea teams if you are NOT selected to be on the
Guiding Coalition.
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