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Welcome to LMLA Chapter 543!
By now you have may have some interest in joining the NMA, through the Lockheed Martin Leadserhip Association Chapter 543. Please see below for a few reasons of why you should join!
TOP 10 REASONS:
- It's an investment in yourself, your career, your company, your co-workers, and community. You owe it to yourself to make time for the things you want to do....especially with all of the stress that each of us is under these days. Unlike many training courses or other job requirements, all of LMLA's activities are voluntary. You choose whether or not to take on more or less LMLA involvement based on your schedule and your interests.
- Just $2 a week dues! Experts agree that a person should plan to invest at least 3% of yearly income in his/her career. LMLA dues are only $2 per week. To put that in perspective, how much does three trips to the snack/soda machine cost you?
- Mentor your co-workers on an informal basis, and make your own job easier in the process. This may surprise you, but your subordinates look up to you as a role model. They might not ever admit it, but they do. They want to advance in the organization just as you already have. They will follow your lead when you demonstrate to them that you value the training, peer recognition, and networking opportunities that LMLA provides. In the long run, this will improve employee retention and could make your own job easier.
- Your involvement shows your dedication to your company and looks good on your resume. Many supervisors and managers will confide that when trying to decide which of two similarly qualified people must be laid off, the choice will often be made on the basis of which person best supports company-sponsored programs such as LMLA. If you should be laid off and have to look for a new job, LMLA membership is a plus on a resume. The contacts you make within the LMLA are very willing to provide references. More often than you might think, LMLA contacts have been able to refer a laid off member to a job opening very quickly.
- The more you put into LMLA the more you will get out of it. We have meetings, courses, and activities on a wide variety of topics and interests. Chances are extremely high that some of those will appeal to you or mesh with activities that you are already involved in and contribute to your success.
- LMLA membership has portability Your membership is a benefit that you take with you to another company or another part of the country if you should decide to change jobs. You are truly investing in yourself and your career.
- Family and friends are always welcome at LMLA events such as dinner meetings, golf tournaments, and community projects! We always invite and welcome spouses to our events and we see many of them there! We're sure your family and friends would enjoy our activities, such as dinner meetings, golf tournaments, and community projects while also meeting the people you work with. Check out the many activities that are available - You'll find many to be family oriented. You can also propose/support/participate in the development of new activities.
- LMLA isn't just for managers and supervisors. Norm Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed-Martin and NMA's 1998 Executive of the Year said, "management is very real and very serious and permeates our entire existence --- for we are continually called upon to manage not only our business lives but also our personal lives." LMLA principles and practices have universal application whether you're managing yourself, your family, the local soccer club, or a major operating division of a large company.
- Experience the different viewpoints and perspectives that LMLA membership offers.
Many really successful people belong to 12 or more different professional organizations! Chances are that many of your company executives fit that description. They do this because they value the different viewpoints and perspectives that membership in those different organizations offers.
- More peer recognition, experience and help to advance your career. The simple opportunity to participate is an intangible, but perhaps the most important, benefit of LMLA membership that can lead to very tangible effects. Could you benefit by increasing your organizational and teamwork skills, developing or honing your leadership abilities, contributing to the community, becoming a more effective, self-confident communicator, and feeling more at ease around those in authority (like your boss...your boss's boss....)? Participation forces you to exercise in all these areas. And, if you think you need this kind of exercise only if you aspire to a "management position", think again. We all manage somebody, even if it's one person, ourselves; we're all on a team, even if it's two people, even if it's somewhere other than work.
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Last modified at 9/26/2007 2:51 PM by lmla543admin
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