Association Leaders

MARCH 22, 2020

Associations, companies and other organizations have been using conference and video calling to meet and conduct business for many years. Most of us are very experienced with the process and have developed methods to be productive and polite when holding these “virtual” meetings.

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Association Leaders

JUNE 26, 2019

Of course that’s true, but remember, if there is no succession plan, there is no way the organization can achieve its mission. As an association leader your most important job is to focus on achieving the mission of your organization. Here are some helpful tips for volunteer leaders to initiate succession plans: • Officers.

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Association Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

I believe good leaders make organizations (their companies or associations) successful. I have been bothered by something I have noticed in some organizations for some time. Here is the situation: I have witnessed leaders in organizations repeatedly put their own personal interests above the interests of the organization.

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Association Leaders

AUGUST 25, 2014

After all, I think of great leaders as leading their organization until they decide to retire altogether. Second, it seems this can also be a great transition plan for organizations. Of course this might not work for everyone or every organization. Frankly, I haven’t thought about it much. Why would I?

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Association Leaders

JUNE 16, 2014

One thing should be clear from reading the list, though – Future Leaders are important to your organization and its your job as a current leader to develop them. What can we do for you to help you grow in your role with the organization? What three things could we implement to achieve success?

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Association Leaders

JULY 9, 2019

Following these simple guidelines for holding staff and volunteers accountable will help your association be more productive and encourage a healthy environment between and among the volunteers and staff who are all working together to achieve the mission of the organization.

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Association Leaders

DECEMBER 4, 2013

One challenge for any leader is understanding the “pulse” of their organization. Often times people try to shelter leaders from concerns, issues and bad news. As a result, leaders can get a false sense of what’s going on in their business. I read a great post today about just this topic.

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Association Leaders

MARCH 19, 2012

As much as good leadership can help propel organizations forward toward their mission, bad leadership can ruin organizations. The roots of bad leadership are: Lack of values or focus on the wrong values; Inability to establish and communicate the mission or the organization. Here’s a link to the article.

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Association Leaders

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Leaders are often tempted to control their organizations by managing every detail and answering every question. After all, as a leader they are primarily responsible for the success or failure of their organization right? Leadership isn’t being the smartest person in the organization or the one with all the answers.

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Association Leaders

JULY 25, 2011

To make his point he says only people can have ethics, organizations cannot. He manages to get around to a good conclusion - that we should insist the people who make up organizations do the right thing (act ethically). Here is what I think: organizations can’t behave ethically or unethically. Absolutely it is.

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Association Leaders

JULY 8, 2014

If you study leadership, read about great leaders throughout history, or even if you just think about what you should do (and not do) to be a good leader, you may come away with a very wrong conclusion – that good leaders are always the smartest people in their organization and therefore have all the answers.

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Association Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I love this saying – in other words, for teams or organizations to succeed it takes more than one successful person. The leadership of the organization has to make one of their top priorities recruitment and retention of key performers. Many times organizations can’t survive these departures. Seems simple enough.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 28, 2013

What a leader doesn’t know can hurt them and their organization. They don’t need to get mired down in the details but they must have an understanding that allows them to make critical strategic decisions for their organization. However, they do need to know something about everything.

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Association Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

I believe for people and their organizations to remain healthy, they must disconnect occasionally. How can leaders help their organizations address the inherent challenges that come along with social media? Does your organization have a policy that provides direction to your employees about their use of social media during work hours?

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2010

In a response to a previous blog about Consensus, I was asked about how organizations can reach consensus on controversial issues. I’d like to share thoughts on why creating a culture of trust within an organization is vital. Even when being honest creates challenges for the organization. How can that culture be created?

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Association Leaders

JUNE 22, 2011

In particular, I have developed a process for facilitating the development of strategic plans for organizations that seems to work quite well. Developing a plan for your organization is not the end game – the end game is achieving your mission and goals.

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Association Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

However, over time we may begin seeing a shift in how associations are organized around their “members” – this shift is one more reason it’s so important for associations to be engaging their members now. . Members are the lifeblood of associations. Without members, even with a good and noble purpose, associations do not exist.

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Association Leaders

DECEMBER 19, 2011

An article about the book I recently read indicates that Conant believes its vital for leaders to understand what the people they are leading are thinking and what they need in order to accomplish their organization’s goals. He was able to re-focus the organization based on these findings and engage his employees in their direction.

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Association Leaders

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

You may have many folders and subfolders to organize them for easy access. If you are anything like me, you keep copies of way too many emails. You probably also rarely empty your deleted items and sent items folders. As a result, your email inbox is probably VERY LARGE.

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Association Leaders

MARCH 6, 2019

It’s simple – associations whose directors and committee chairs are not focused on the organization’s strategic plan, are not consensus builders, and don’t know how to run effective meetings cause their association’s to fail – or at least stagnate.

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Association Leaders

APRIL 21, 2015

A team of people who trust each other, are confident in their ability to do their job well and an industry leading organization meeting the challenges of its customers. Rather, they share that knowledge and in doing so, encourage their teammates to do the same. The result? What kind of leader are you?

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Association Leaders

MAY 9, 2011

Business leaders will recall the adage from Jim Collins’ book “Good to Great” – you have to get the right people on the bus and then get them in the right seats to have a successful organization. I think this concept is the most important concept in any organization. It’s easy to say.

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Association Leaders

JUNE 5, 2012

Every organization, whether an association or a for profit corporation, must address how the next generation of its leaders and customers will interact, will deliver services, and what services those customers will desire. We haven’t to date discussed the next generation of leaders.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 14, 2013

In leading this way, by example, he reduces office politics significantly and therefore, has a healthier organization. So, he tells his people to “kill” politics in all instances and he doesn’t participate when tempted with gossip or office politics. To view the complete interview, click here.

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Association Leaders

MARCH 18, 2019

But you don’t want to go through the hassle and extra work involved with a management change while you’re leading the organization – save that for the next leader, right? Your RFP should include at a minimum the following information about your organization: o A brief history of the association. o Provide a Scope of Services.

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Association Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Thanks to all the employee partners of CM Services and of all companies and organizations out there making a difference every day. Whether they are truly “laborers” or whether they work in offices, their contributions not only matter, they keep our companies running and provide value to our customers.

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Association Leaders

AUGUST 27, 2012

Associations have to make decisions through consensus because they are membership organizations. They are not owned by a limited number of shareholders. Leaders of companies, on the other hand, do not have to gain input from all parties prior to making a decision. However, the best leaders DO.

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Association Leaders

APRIL 11, 2010

Open your file drawers and archive, organize and throw away. In northern climates, people are renewing friendships with their neighbors as they finally get to spend time outdoors after a long, cold winter. In the business world, spring is a time for renewal and rebirth as well. Now is a great time to do some spring cleaning.

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Association Leaders

MAY 19, 2011

Select the best option for your organization and stick with it. Think more than one step ahead here, consider consequences of the consequences. Take a pause. Reconsider all reasonable options (are there more than you thought of before?). Do you have a different process?

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Association Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2012

Of course, if the employees don’t do their job, the leader won’t accomplish his goals and the organization will fail. If the leader doesn’t do that, the employees (more often than not) will fail. This is the most basic concept of a team.

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Association Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In fact, trade associations are specifically excluded from a published list of types of organizations that can extend invitations to government employees. ” In other words, OUR government doesn’t think the education provided at trade association events is beneficial to individuals but rather to companies or industries.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2012

Great, winning organizations have great leaders and great followers who believe equally in each other and the goals they are trying to reach together. Do they believe in you? Of course they do. Do you believe equally in them? If not, think about why not and what needs to happen for you to share the belief.

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