More on PowerPoint
With the recent discussion of the evils of PowerPoint among association bloggers (Mickie, Mickie, and Dave) I thought it was interesting that Seth Godin did a post on his blog recently about how NOT to present data and c ...
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Skipping a Generation
My last post generated quite a few comments. I think this generational issue—the affinity that Boomers share with Millennials—will continue to get attention in the next few years. I didn’t cover this issue in my e-book. ...
Learning from Younger Generations (Well, Some of Them)
The Future of Work Blog pointed me to an article in the Wall Street Journal about how Baby Boomers can learn about succeeding in the workplace from Generation Y. I do like the notion that mentoring is a two-way street, a ...
On Leadership, Governance, and Language
Not only did Virgil add ANOTHER great comment to my response, Jeff De Cagna has also joined in the discussion, responding to Virgil’s comment about “ungovernance.” There’s a lot to talk about among all these posts and co ...
Where Can I Find the "Best Practices" in Business Cliches?
In my “Lessons Learned” post from a few days ago, I buried a link in one of the paragraphs to a cool Squidoo lens that Seth Godin created called the Encyclopedia of Business Cliches (Sue Pelletier pointed to it as well). ...
Where Can I Find the “Best Practices” in Business Cliches?
In my “Lessons Learned” post from a few days ago, I buried a link in one of the paragraphs to a cool Squidoo lens that Seth Godin created called the Encyclopedia of Business Cliches (Sue Pelletier pointed to it as well). ...
Plays Well With Others
Virgil Carter posted a great comment on yesterday’s post. There are several interesting points, but let me focus on one:Perhaps the biggest leadership challenge is understanding that non-profit (particularly IMO) leaders ...
Vanilla Leadership
Not too long ago I wrote about how much I hate competency models, quoting a CEO who pointed out that applying a competency model to a cracked cultural foundation won’t work. The next week I posted a quote from John Kotte ...
Top Five Lessons Learned from the Annual Meeting
Fellow blogger (and now good friend) Dave Sabol listed his top five takeaways from the ASAE & The Center annual meeting and then tagged me and some others to do the same. I reserve the right to add to these once I’ve ...
If We Are Going to Mock Strategic Planning, Let's Mock Committees Too
I just posted on the Association Renewal blog a discussion about the repeated mocking of strategic planning that ASAE & The Center have done at their Annual Meetings lately. But I think the funniest part of this meet ...