Mon.May 25, 2015

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Time to Think

Eric Lanke

You need time to think. Not time alone in your office thinking about strategy. If you're anything like me, you probably need that, too, but that’s not the time I’m talking about. I’m talking about the time that exists between when someone asks you a question and when you open your mouth to respond. That, I've discovered, is one of the most critical moments of all.

Strategy 100
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Share What You Do With Association Board Members

SCD Group

Typical associations spend two-thirds of their annual budgets on personnel costs. Over the years, I’ve watched some “budget funding battles” that demonstrated the boards didn’t really know what their association staff was doing on behalf of the organization. During these debates, I discovered that it is hard to explain WHAT you do but even more difficult to share HOW you do it.

Course 61