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How Successful Change Works

Associations Now

But the urgent challenge wasn’t a matter of big strategic goals; it was about getting staffers, who felt they had to be “on” 24/7, less stressed around communication. “I A 2023 report from the Boston Consulting Group notes that aversion to change increases if people feel like they don’t have agency in the changes being made.

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The Seven Leadership Secrets of Great Team Captains

SCD Group

The Seven Leadership Secrets: They took care of tough, unglamorous tasks. They communicated practically, not in grand speeches. “The leaders of history’s most dominant sports teams took risks, engaged in dissent, embraced grunt work and hated giving speeches,” an excerpt from ‘The Captain Class.’ They broke the rules – for a purpose.

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Winning Lessons from the World of Sports

Virtual

In Boston sports, these are “the good old days.” In honor of Boston sports, here’s what our four teams can teach associations: From the Red Sox: “Know your role.” When a ball is hit up the middle in baseball, you never see the shortstop and second basemen collide as they both go for it.

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Winning Lessons from the World of Sports

Virtual

In Boston sports, these are “the good old days.” In honor of Boston sports, here’s what our four teams can teach associations: From the Red Sox: “Know your role.” So they’re pretty low on the Boston sports pecking order at the moment.

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Effort Empowers Kansas City Women To Effectively Negotiate Salaries

Associations Now

The program, which debuted in Boston in 2015, “empowers women to negotiate their salaries effectively and powerfully,” according to AAUW Senior Vice President of Communications and External Relations Laura Segall. “In

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.25.22

Reid All About it

Because I used 3 pounds of boneless pork shoulder (aka Boston butt), I doubled the marinade/sauce ingredients—and added a hefty amount of spicy sambal oelek to the mix. Many societies are currently focusing on DEI initiatives with their membership, leadership, and their staff. Wed 3/30 at 11 a.m. – Fireside Chat). Wed 3/30 at 11 a.m.

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November 1963 Through the Lens of the Internet Age

Virtual

A critical break in the Boston Marathon bombing case came from the examination of footage from the cameras outside Lord and Taylor’s department store. Imagine if that type of communication was happening in the days and weeks following the assassination. Mobile Technology Association Management Company Experience Leadership'

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