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Category Archives: Governance
How Safe Is Your Organization?
In 2011 approximately 275,000 organizations automatically lost their tax-exempt status because they did not file legally required Internal Revenue Service annual reports for three consecutive years. While the IRS believes the vast majority of these organizations are defunct, a review … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Governance, Leadership, Servant Leadership, Volunteers
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How Are Your Poll Numbers?
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of 1,000 adults taken between August 27-31, 2011 found that generally speaking 44% of Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing. 51% disapprove. The other 5% aren’t sure. The President’s poll … Continue reading
Winning Hearts Through Enchantment
Bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki sent me his new book Enchantment the other day. I’ve just started my read and will gladly share my thoughts with you as we go along. As leaders we are constantly under pressure to move … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Executive Development, Governance, Innovation, Leadership
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The Big Lie
“We have now got both parties essentially telling a big lie. With a capital ‘B’ and a capital ‘L’ to the public: and that is that we can have all this government, 24 percent of GDP, this huge entitlement program, all of the bailouts. And yet, we don’t have to tax ourselves and pay our bills. That’s delusional.” Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Leadership, Politics
Tagged CBS 60 Minutes, David Stockman, deficits, income tax, increases, Lesley Stahl, political parties, Politics, taxes
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The Age of Accountability
What a striking contrast. Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs; Jamie Dimon from JP Morgan Chase; John Mack of Morgan Stanley and the newest member of the club Brian Moynihan of Bank of America testifying before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission earlier this month. For some inexplicable reason they still appear unable to grasp nor fully accept responsibility for their failures in managing America’s financial system. “Too big to fail” has metaphorically speaking become “stuff happens”. Continue reading
Posted in Change, Ethics, Executive Development, Governance, Leadership, Politics
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No Dues. Just The Experience.
A Contribution to Acronym’s Big Ideas theme… If your association couldn’t charge dues, would your members pay you for the experience of belonging? It’s a serious question. The dues value versus member benefit proposition has been thriving for decades. Associations have … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Ethics, Executive Development, Governance, Leadership, Politics, Servant Leadership
Tagged celebrity culture, dues, experiences, growth, Membership, People, popular culture, US In Touch E1 Network
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Membership Blues.
We knew it would come to this. For the past decade for-profit companies have been slipping into “membership mode” in search of new customers and leveraging the powerful tools of retention inherent in the not-for-profit membership organization. You’re not a … Continue reading
Unexpected Battles.
The life of an association CEO has more than its fair share of struggles, challenges and the occasional glorious success. Asked recently about a “not expecting it” experience in my career, it took a millisecond to remember this one. True … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Development, Governance, Leadership, Servant Leadership, Volunteers
Tagged CEO life
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LinkedIn. LockedOut.
You’re LinkedIn but LockedOut. While the heyday of restrictive brick and mortar private clubs may have passed, their brand of exclusivity has migrated pretty effectively to a new locale—the Internet. A growing chorus of complaints replete with snarky comments and asides about being locked out of groups across the frontier of social media sites are on the rise. For associations the question is how do you balance the exclusivity and economic value of membership with the broader branding essentials and power of being the most trusted and vital advisor for a given profession, industry or cause? What will the optimum “membership” model be in an increasingly transparent and open universe fueled by social media networks? Continue reading
