What about my bonus?
I’ve seen a lot of listserve traffic about what kind of bonus or incentive program to give employees. Some of these organizations are nonprofit with fewer than thirty employees, and they typically don’t have too much mon ...
Big Shoes to Fill
At the ASAE and the Center Annual Meeting last month, I went to a session about surviving the first 100 days as a new CEO. One of the dynamics the presenters described was the challenge of taking over from a “legend” CEO ...
Management Style
I have been arguing for years that managing human dynamics in organizations is critical to bottom line success, so I was pleased to see an article in September’s Fast Company that cited some research that substantiates t ...
Off-Sites
The September Fast Company has a brief article about off-site retreats. They asked meeting planners who organize retreats for big corporate clients about the secrets to success. The number one answer? Articulate your goa ...
Enough Robust
After attending the ASAE and The Center Annual Meeting in Nashville (which, like most people, I liked a lot), I have an important declaration: the use of the word, "robust" in business is now, in my opinion, of ...
ASAE Annual Meeting
I leave tomorrow for Nashville, Tennessee to attend the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Annual Meeting, and I just realized that I have not mentioned that I am an author on the official blog for the annu ...
More on Fundamental State
More thoughts on Quinn’s HBR article on the “Fundamental State of Leadership.” To repeat, Quinn believes that leaders have access to a “fundamental state,” where their leadership is truly authentic and more powerful. Ins ...
More Reading (Fast Company)
I think you can tell that I'm using the summer to catch up on my reading. Today's thought comes from the August 2005 issue of Fast Company magazine. They have a short piece on "Business Blogging for Beginners." ...
Fundamental State
The July/August issue of Harvard Business Review has some great articles in it. One good one is on the “strategy-performance gap.” Since the only strategy work I do is with my colleague Jeff De Cagna through our joint ve ...
More Hairballs
I promised to blog more about Orbiting the Giant Hairball, by Gordon MacKenzie, so here goes. The penultimate chapter in the book is titled “Pool Hall Dog.” MacKenzie describes a scene he witnessed in a pool hall where a ...