#NoTitleNeeded

Anyone can contribute to your organization's future without relying on positions, titles, or formal roles. Leadership is a process amongst all members and through #NoTitleNeeded we work to elevate the concept that non-positional leadership is always about working toward a shared goal together. Recognizing members for their leadership is one of the greatest contributions to their own belief that they are capable and beloved members of your organization, which helps them build their leadership capacity.

Continue to support leadership shown by your members by thanking them for the (#NoTitleNeeded) contributions they make toward your shared goals.

• The next time you use “Name Tags” using the title hold within the organization, try using names with an interesting fact instead. Conclude your team meeting with a round of kudos (everyone shares one thing that another team member did around leading with no title, either verbally or in a GroupMe or Discord channel!)

• Give your members who contribute #NoTitleNeeded “coupons” after key events or when you deem appropriate, that they can cash in to be redeemed for some sort of prize at the end of the semester/ academic year.

• In group intros & icebreakers, ask members or attendees to introduce themselves in a way that doesn’t allow for involvement/title listing. Instead of asking for name, major, and involvement, which often leads to listing titles; try, "give us your name and tell us about a group or cause you care about and/or what’s a meaningful experience you’ve had at Clemson!"

• Create a weekly rotating award that recognizes a member regardless of position for contributions based on the values of the organization.

• Try this activity! At the end of the meeting, provide three pieces of candy to three different individuals. Those individuals must then stand up and give the candy to someone else while sharing something positive that the person has done during the week (i.e. leading without a title!)

• Designate a “No Title Needed Box” where people can leave a note about someone who has done something good. The president or another organization leader can then read the notes during the meeting.

• If a member of an organization has done something exemplary and/or successfully lead without a title, throw them a surprise No Title Needed party in their honor.

Remember that the sky’s the limit! Express your creativity in your efforts to recognize #NoTitleNeeded.