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Category Archives: Staff Leadership
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
Amazing Things Will Happen.
Closing out his run on the Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien left behind some heartfelt advice to his fans. “Please don’t be cynical,” he said. “I hate cycnicism—it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life … 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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Do You Know Where Your Critical Cyber Assets Are?
There’s a cautionary tale for association leaders and managers in today’s Wall Street Journal story describing how “spies” have successfully penetrated the US electrical grid and other infrastructure systems in recent years. Which led me to wondering about how many organizations in the non-profit community have taken the time to identify their own “critical cyber assets”? And how many have created management structures and protocols to properly protect and test them from time to time? Continue reading
Posted in Change, Executive Development, Leadership, Staff Leadership
Tagged critical cyber assets, Dennis Blair, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, ODNI, Plaxo, Siobhan Gorman, Twitter, Wall Street Journal
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Change Early. Change Often.
The Association Forum of Chicagoland has generously shared two follow-on discussions with presenters from the Forum’s 2009 Change Management Series on YouTube. Kerry C. Stackpole, CAE IOM is first up in the series with Best Practices to Implement the Change Process: Improve Your Readiness for Change. In part 2 John Hockman shares perspectives on Tools for Organizational Change: What to Measure and Why? Both are great primers on successfully leading association change and offer highly relevant insights about leading in today’s especially challenging climate. Continue reading
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
The Secret of Life
The secret of life is “enjoying the passage of the time” so says singer-songwriter James Taylor in his classic hit The Secret O’ Life. Country singer Faith Hill offered up another view in her own The Secret of Life ballad. … Continue reading
A Healthy Calendar for 2009
With the plethora of health association and advocacy group awareness months, weeks and days to come in 2009, the clever researchers at The Washington Post’s Health Section have showcased a collection of well over 200 observances from January to December. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Staff Leadership, Volunteers
Tagged advocacy, National Health Information Center, partnership, sponsorship, Washington Post
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How To Keep Your Association Afloat in 2009
By Kerry C. Stackpole, CAE, IOM The economic reality of 2008 was difficult enough, but the uncertainty of 2009 gives even the most optimistic leader among us pause. Normally, with the turn of the New Year just a day or … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Executive Development, Leadership, Staff Leadership
Tagged economy, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, money, savings
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