Association Leaders

AUGUST 27, 2012

Decisions are made by a group of leaders through a process called consensus. The consensus process enables them to involve their team members at a more meaningful level in decision making. Do leaders you work with involve others in the decision making process? The buck stops with them, so to speak. Do they build consensus?

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Association Leaders

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Their collaborative process seems interesting to me. (Be mindful that in this case there isn’t mistrust. It’s just that their team is either too new, too large or to disparate to have developed trust in each other). We may try it the next time we need to find a solution to a challenge in our business.'

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Association Leaders

JULY 31, 2019

CM Services has a proven process to assure our client partners succeed. The process includes developing strategic and operational plans for our client partners and keeping the Board focused on achieving those plans. It also means CM Services passes an independent audit of its procedures every four years.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 17, 2010

Consensus is more than the result of a vote, it is a group decision making process. Without consensus, an organization’s decision making process can only lead to failure. Making decisions by consensus is what makes associations work.

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Association Leaders

APRIL 28, 2015

It is about continuous improvement and involves everyone in that process. Here are a couple of the key concepts of lean : It creates an environment that is motivating to workers by involving them in making the business better. It’s about respecting people. The teammates, the customers, management.

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Association Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

They have Boards of Directors, they have Standing Committees, they have a decision making process and “chain of command” that must be followed. They are legal corporations, they are often recognized as not-for-profits by the IRS. As such, they have traditionally had very specific and clear structures.

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Association Leaders

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

So, I’ll compliment my team members on the way they do things and ask them for suggestions on improving our processes and procedures. I will also compliment my team members publicly and when necessary, criticize them privately. Finally, whenever I surprise my team members, it will be positive.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 28, 2014

Will the consensus process of decision making change in the future? With major demographic shifts occurring, how will associations deliver value to their significantly different members in the future? How are volunteers and volunteering changing in the future? What are the key drivers of change in associations?

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Association Leaders

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Describe what needs to be accomplished during the meeting (articulate goals for the meeting) and what the process will be to get everyone’s input and come to the consensus required. Set the ground rules for the meeting upfront and make them clear to everyone.

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Association Leaders

MARCH 18, 2019

Below is a step by step process for making a management change. Create a Search Committee – The Board should identify a Search Committee whose responsibility will be to facilitate the process for your association. Additionally, when it’s time for a management change, putting it off can cause more problems than moving forward with it.

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Association Leaders

APRIL 25, 2010

As a leader you can choose to take the extra time to explain a process to a co-worker, share an experience with a new association member, pass on a word of hope to someone in your community or teach your family to be thoughtful of others. Unfortunately, many times we don’t stop to take the time to fulfill our responsibilities as mentors.

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Association Leaders

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Through this process, he learned what his employees were thinking. 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.

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Association Leaders

MAY 6, 2014

They met or exceeded our expectations during the hiring process or they wouldn’t be on the bus at all. We hired them for a reason. So, let’s find ways to get them in the right seat and keep them on the bus. Perhaps measuring their contribution to your corporate culture is one way to do just that.

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Association Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2010

My answer was the parties involved in the decision making process need to TRUST each other. In a response to a previous blog about Consensus, I was asked about how organizations can reach consensus on controversial issues. That is not to say that trust alone guarantees parties will reach consensus on all issues.

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