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As 2010 comes to a close all means of the “Best of” lists are certain to arise in your favorite circles. Whether it’s best ice cream flavors, green idea, news stories, remixes, political figures, hospitals, celebrities, musicians, Internet trends, automobiles … Continue reading
Laggards, Leaders & Associations
In a crazy economy. crazy measures on recovery come to the fore it seems. New York Times writer Jack Healy wrote a terrific piece Men’s Underwear as an Economic Indicator in which he explores the range of ersatz economic indicators we use to … Continue reading
The Failure of Flyover Leadership
The day after the head of the White House Military Office stepped down President Obama could joke about the fiasco. Sasha and Malia are grounded said the President speaking at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this past Saturday in Washington, DC. “You can’t just take Air Force One on a joyride to Manhattan. I don’t care whose kids you are…we’ve been setting some ground rules here.” Ground rules or not, the photo of Air Force One flying over the Statue of Liberty in Manhattan—serves as a reminder of the dangers of flyover leadership. New Yorkers were not amused. Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Governance, Leadership, Politics, Staff Leadership
Tagged Air Force One, Defense Secretary Gates, Deputy Chief of Staff Messina, DoD, FAA, flyover leadership, Jim Messina, leadership lessons, Louis Caldera, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, PAG, President Obama, September 11th, US Air Force, White House, White House Military Office, WMHO
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Your Moment of Virtual Tech Zen
The flurry of tweets, blog posts and video streams covering ASAE and The Center’s 2009 Technology Conference have provided an invaluable source of information and useful insights for those not able to attend or participate in the entire event. Okay, so … Continue reading
Leadership At The Intersection of Bad and Worse
It was a difficult—some might say ugly—Board of Director’s meeting. With the association “bleeding red ink” and its reserves almost depleted, the Board desperately wanted to hear a plan, any plan, for saving their organization. The new, first-time CEO was fighting fires on every front—marginal cash-flow, overpriced office … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Executive Development, Leadership
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A New Twist for Twitter & iPhone
Under the category of “teaching an old dog new tricks”, an article in today’s New York Times might be of interest to those working on an Association Facebook and/or Twitter strategy for 2009. None other than the giant direct-mail sweepstakes firm Publisher’s … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Membership
Tagged Apple, digital, iPhone, New York Times, PCH, Publishers Clearing House, technology, Twitter, whippersnappers
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Get 'Em in Gear
Are non-profit leaders taking volunteers for granted? The story has it that non-profit executives have only three responsibilities: 1) the care of the board; 2) the feeding of the board; and 3) the care and feeding of the board. While … Continue reading
In An Unsettled Economy
While many of us have been through economic downturns, most of us have never been through an economic downturn quite like this one. Yet even in severe business circumstances there are opportunities to sustain our core business and strengthen the … Continue reading
Embrace Change
Beth Ziesenis has written a wonderfully engaging piece for ASAE and The Center’s CEO Leadership Letter titled Leading Your Association to Embrace Change.** As she rightly points out, the business of associations is change. Building off the recently released research Designing Your Future by Rohit … Continue reading
Escalating Into Oblivion
As many of you know, my latest research interest is the intersection of leadership decision-making and outcomes for associations. It’s my longstanding hypothesis that associations often stumble (sometimes badly) because they rarely measure and test the quality and nature of … Continue reading
