# Leader Development Plan — 90 Days, Host → Leader **What this is:** A written, co-authored, 90-day plan to move a member who has already hosted a house meeting (or two) into a recognized leadership role with a constituency, geography, or function of their own. **Who fills it out:** The member and the organizer, together, in a single 60–75 minute conversation. Not delivered to them — co-authored *with* them. **Pair with:** `1-1-conversation-guide.md` (you've done at least two 1:1s before this), `monthly-base-meeting-agenda.md`, `leadership-cohort-curriculum.md`. --- ## Page 1 — Who they are right now **Name:** ______________________ **Phone / preferred contact:** ______________________ **Today's date:** ______________________ **Organizer / coach:** ______________________ **Constituency they come from / represent:** *(Example: parents in [school district], home health workers in [zip code], faith community at [congregation], formerly incarcerated organizers in [region].)* ____________________________________________________________ **What they've done so far** *(check all)* - [ ] Came to a base meeting (how many: ____) - [ ] Filled out an interest survey - [ ] Had at least one 1:1 with an organizer - [ ] Hosted a house meeting (how many: ____) - [ ] Brought a friend/family member into the org (names: ____) - [ ] Taken at least one public action (which: ____) - [ ] Told their story publicly, with consent (where: ____) **What they bring** *(co-write — their words first, organizer adds last)* - Relationships: - Skills: - Lived experience: - Languages: - Time / cadence: **What's true about their life** *(time constraints, caregiving, work, health — real, not aspirational)* ____________________________________________________________ --- ## Page 2 — Where they want to go **The Ella Baker question, written down:** > "What kind of leader do you want to be — for your community, for this org, for yourself?" *(Their answer, in their own words. Don't paraphrase.)* ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ **One year from today, what would you be doing here that you're not doing now?** ____________________________________________________________ **One thing you do *not* want to become as a leader:** *(This matters. Most members have been burned by a leadership culture before. Name it.)* ____________________________________________________________ --- ## Page 3 — The role A leadership role is **a constituency, a geography, or a function** — concrete, with a beginning and a measurable shape. **Pick one (or two), with the organizer:** - [ ] **Constituency lead** for: ______________________ *(e.g., parent organizers in [district], renters in [neighborhood], faith leaders)* - [ ] **Geography lead** for: ______________________ *(e.g., [zip code] team, [neighborhood] house meeting cluster)* - [ ] **Function lead** for: ______________________ *(e.g., new member welcomes, base meeting facilitation, phone bank captain, media spokesperson team, art / story / video, translation, food / care)* **What does this role look like in practice?** *(3–5 bullets. Specific. Not "be a leader" — "host a house meeting every 6 weeks and recruit 2 new hosts by month 3.")* 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **Who else is in this role with them?** *(Snowflake, not solo. Name 2–3 other members or staff this person will be in regular relationship with.)* ____________________________________________________________ --- ## Page 4 — The 90-day arc ### Days 0–30 — Ground **Goal:** Get clear on the role; build the first muscle. - [ ] Co-author this plan (today) - [ ] Pair with the outgoing leader / current holder of this work, if any - [ ] Attend one base meeting in their new role (introduced, named publicly) - [ ] Have 3 new 1:1s with members in their constituency / geography - [ ] Shadow the organizer on one task they'll eventually own **Check-in date (week 4):** ______________________ ### Days 30–60 — Practice **Goal:** Do the work, with the organizer as a coach, not a doer. - [ ] Lead one specific piece of work end-to-end *(the specific piece: ______________________)* - [ ] Recruit 2 new members or hosts from their network - [ ] Co-facilitate one section of a base meeting - [ ] Attend at least one skill-up (storytelling, facilitation, or political education) - [ ] One debrief 1:1 with the organizer: what's hard, what's working **Check-in date (week 8):** ______________________ ### Days 60–90 — Steward **Goal:** They own it. The organizer is in the background. The role is *theirs*. - [ ] Run their first piece of work without the organizer in the room - [ ] Begin developing the next person — at least one 1:1 with a future leader - [ ] Show up to a strategy or campaign-planning meeting as the voice of their constituency - [ ] (If ready) Join the leadership cohort (see `leadership-cohort-curriculum.md`) - [ ] Re-co-author this plan for the next 90 days **Check-in date (week 12):** ______________________ --- ## Page 5 — Support, accountability, and care **Coach** *(the organizer responsible for showing up consistently)*: ______________________ **Cadence of coaching 1:1s:** Every ___ weeks. Day/time: ______________________ **What they need from the org to do this well:** - [ ] Childcare at meetings - [ ] Transportation help - [ ] Translation - [ ] Stipend (where available — be honest about what's possible) - [ ] Public credit and acknowledgment by name - [ ] Protection from being the only [Black / brown / queer / disabled / young / etc.] person in the room - [ ] A check-in when life gets hard, no agenda - [ ] Other: ______________________ **What success looks like at 90 days** *(co-written, in their words):* ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ **What gentle off-ramp looks like** *(if life changes, the role doesn't fit, or they need a step back. Plan it in advance — it's not failure, it's honesty):* ____________________________________________________________ --- ## Both signatures **Member:** ______________________ **Date:** ____________ **Coach:** ______________________ **Date:** ____________ *Two copies. One for the member, one for the org. Revisit at every check-in. Tear it up and rewrite if it stops being true.* --- ## Why this is structured this way - **Co-authored, not delivered.** A leadership plan written *for* someone is a job description. A plan written *with* someone is a covenant. Ella Baker would not have signed a job description. - **The role is named concretely** — constituency, geography, or function — because "leader" without a role is a title, not work. Marshall Ganz: leadership is the practice of taking responsibility for enabling others. Responsibility needs a shape. - **A coach is named.** No leader develops alone. The SNCC field secretaries had Ella Baker. Highlander cohorts had Septima Clark. Every leader needs someone to call when it's hard. - **The off-ramp is planned in advance** because the alternative is a leader who quietly disappears, or who stays past their capacity and breaks. Honesty is care. - **Care is explicit and named** — childcare, transportation, stipends, translation. The Black-led organizing tradition has always known that leadership development without material care is extraction. - **The 90 days end with re-co-authoring**, not graduation. The plan is a practice, not a credential. — Module 6, *Base Building From Scratch*