Social media has been a topic on my radar recently, mostly because I was at ASAE & The Center's Technology conference in January. And every time the conversation gets going about social media, I notice that quite ...
Freedom is quite obviously a good thing. Everyone wants it, and I think most would argue that we all deserve it. We deserve to be free.The most common story about freedom is of an oppressed group struggling for, and fina ...
I spent the last two days at the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Technology Conference. In the "old days" (a couple of years ago) I enjoyed going to this conference mostly because as a blogger ...
Good leadership (wherever you are in the organization) requires a greater level of awareness. Awareness of yourself, of the situation, of the history, of the dynamics, of the trends, of the organization's capacity, e ...
In my last post I told a story that talked about the younger generation and asking questions. I put out there the possibility that at least some members of the younger generation might think that asking questions in a gr ...
I had an interesting conversation with a colleague who is my age (42) but works with a group of 25-year-olds. It provided much food for thought about generational diversity.She had brought in a financial expert to do a p ...
I need some help here. I know that there are a ton of very, very smart people who are involved in "branding," so I assume that branding must be a good thing. But when I hear it discussed, I'm not convinced. ...
Caron Mason has a nice reflective post on her blog about whether to make changes (in a new job) or just go with the flow for a while to better understand the system. When you're new to a job, the "we have always ...
2008 has been a crazy year. Life was turned upside down a bit as I figured out how to be a single Dad and at the same time merged my consulting business with Management Solutions Plus. I became a CEO of an association fo ...
This was a comment in the most recent Case Study in Associations Now about a senior manager who is dealing with a long-time employee who isn't performing well (but no one is telling her that). And the CEO is turning ...
