If you don't know Eric Lanke, you should. He's the CEO of the National Fluid Power Association, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and he writes on the best CEO-authored blogs out there. I've known him for several years no ...
I suppose I don't need ANOTHER reason to dislike strategic plans, but I was reminded of one the other day. I heard a volunteer of an association dutifully reporting to a chapter on how the national organization was makin ...
I was interviewed by the folks at Reputation.com for their blog, including questions about conflict, trust, performance reviews, and culture. Check it out. ...
At a conference the other day, Jeff De Cagna was making a presentation about ways in which the association community needs to think differently. He was covering topics from his ebook, Associations Unorthodox. I liked som ...
So I moved this weekend, leaving what has been the family home for more than 17 years, and downsizing to a three-bedroom apartment that is more suitable for me and my three teenagers. Like everyone, I hate the process ...
Coming up with a good strategy is hard enough, but once you do, you'll often discover that it's just the beginning. That wonderful strategic direction that you've identified has some strings attached. Like the fact that ...
A few weeks ago I wrote about a "window of opportunity" that organizational leaders have now. In short, "social business" (integrating social tools and principles into the way you lead and manage organizations) is not fu ...
Leaders are an interesting bunch. And by "leaders," in this case, I'm referring to the people at the top of the organizational chart. The C-suite folks. Generally speaking they're impressive people. They've done a lot to ...
I delivered the day 2 keynote address at Avectra's AUDC conference last week. It was the first time I delivered this particular keynote--I've integrated some of the more recent research on social business into the points ...
I was reading an HBR blog post from Eric Hellweg about a panel he attended at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It was focused on the future of education. This isn't particularly my field, so I almost skipped it, but he ...
