Silent Auction
As I did last year, I have donated some consulting services to the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership’s silent auction at their annual meeting. I put up a half-day conflict resolution training. Last year I ...
More on Jerks and Bullies
First, in case you didn’t see, Lisa Junker (of ASAE & The Center and the Acronym blog) posted a nice comment about Bob Sutton’s book. She rightly points out that one of the best parts of his book is the way he owns u ...
The No Asshole Rule
We will see if the email subscribers actually get this post, given the title, but hey, it is actually the title of a good book I read lately. The subtitle is much more palatable: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviv ...
What Were They Thinking?
I’ve already quoted it on the Association Renewal Blog, but Guy Kawasaki has an interview on his blog with Jeffrey Pfeffer, who apparently has a new book out, called What Were They Thinking? Unconventional Wisdom About M ...
ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting 07
It’s that time of year again: I am starting to gear up for the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership’s Annual Meeting. This year it is in Chicago, August 11 to 14th (T minus one month). I am speaking again thi ...
ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting 07
It’s that time of year again: I am starting to gear up for the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership’s Annual Meeting. This year it is in Chicago, August 11 to 14th (T minus one month). I am speaking again thi ...
A Kinder, Gentler Organization?
There’s an article in Workforce Management that discusses the (debatable) positive impact that a “kinder” workforce culture can have on organizational performance. Honestly, the article doesn’t make a particularly convin ...
5 Ways to Have Your Conflict at Senior Team Meetings
1. Tell the TruthIn most meetings there is what we say, and then there’s what we’re thinking in our heads. Usually the latter has much more volume—and often more wisdom—than the former. Now, I still think we should keep ...
Senior Team Conflict
Regular readers of my blog should be aware that I’m a big fan of Patrick Lencioni’s writing. Perhaps his most famous book is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and I especially like it because of the central role conflict ...
Developing Your Mind
Ben Martin suggests playing chess as a way to develop integrative thinking (becoming more aware of how one move will play out three or four moves later). Good suggestion, Ben! So far, I have come up with two things that ...