Kathleen Mears Lecture: The Making of an END Leader

ABSTRACT.

ASET, much like many other professional healthcare organizations, relies on a core of volunteers to serve on its Board of Trustees and carry out its strategic mission of providing leadership, advocacy, and resources to promote professional excellence and quality patient care in electroneurodiagnostics (END). Recruitment of volunteers and future ASET leaders is not an easy task, partly because of the dwindling numbers of candidates willing to commit the time and energy. The desire to serve is strong in individuals and is a recognition that they have something worthy to contribute to the group's mission. The difficulty lies in attracting and sustaining the volunteers' interest.

ASET has been fortunate in having great leaders throughout its history. These leaders started with a strong personal desire to share what they knew. Now as ASET leadership follows the phenomenon of the aging baby boomer generation, it is time to look into the making of future END leaders and provide a leadership succession plan to ensure ASET's longevity.

KEY WORDS.:

• Leadership
• volunteers