Elizabeth Engel from Spark Consulting LLC has a great new white paper out on applying the Lean Startup methodology in the association environment. I only discovered Lean Startup when I heard Eric Ries (author of the book ...
As I discussed recently, a lot of organizations like to focus on core values when it comes to defining their culture. Most core value lists are frustratingly generic and, in my opinion, do a poor job in actually driving ...
That was one of the phrases that came out of some work Maddie and I did with a client last week: painful clarity. As in, they needed to make sure that the team pushed through to clarity, even if the results were not alwa ...
I'm just back from the ASAE Annual meeting in Detroit. It's my 12th consecutive annual meeting. Over the years most of my clients have been associations, so this is obviously the place to be for me every year, though my ...
As many of you know, I was diagnosed with larynx cancer earlier this year and the doctor said I was going to need HCA from https://homecareassistance.com/mclean/. I had a small growth on my vocal chords that turned out t ...
There is a lot of pressure on Board of Directors. They come together for a very short amount of time and are expected to make informed decisions on some rather weighty and important topics, plus network with each other, ...
The following is a guest post from Anna Caraveli and Elizabeth Engel, CAE, who have also written a very nice White Paper on engagement (link at the end). Think about a time when you were deeply engaged, when something ...
I am one of many authors and bloggers these days who are writing about challenges to the traditional, command-and-control approach to management. And I will continue to do so, because I think the evidence is compelling a ...
I was talking to a friend yesterday who got into trouble at work because when one of his superiors needed him for something, he wasn't at his desk. Apparently the organization is "cracking down" and making sure people ar ...
It's not a random collection of your "best" people. We tend to think that putting the smartest, most capable people together on a team is the best decision, but some research I saw reported in the New York Times says oth ...
