The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A Lost Generation of Leadership? And hes saying the same thing in this interview that he said in Los Angeles--namely that we need a new generation of leaders to take over the organizations built by Boomers. A: I think we are going through a massive generational change in leadership. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 15, 2011

I blogged a bit about their 2006 study , so thought I would give the 2011 update a read as well. Its a survey of more than 3,000 executive directors of non-profit organizations and, although it seems weighted towards charitable and social service organizations, there are a few interesting parallels and tidbits for associations.

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AMR Management Services

MARCH 22, 2012

He graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington in 2002 with a degree in Business Administration, and completed his Master of Science in Sport Administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 2006. About AMR Management Services. Stronger by Association is a blog for members, volunteers and staff of nonprofit organizations.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

One key aspect to Mayos innovation infrastructure is its new Center for Innovation (CFI), which exists to help people across the organization take their new ideas to the next level of development. Giving employees the freedom to explore is definitely a culturual issue for any organization. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 2, 2012

I started this adventure with the intention of exploring the impact of generational shift on the leadership of our organizations and, while we have certainly done that, we have explored a number of other topics as well. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 11, 2011

Does this describe the staff people in your association? If they’re anything like the people in my organization, they’re making decisions every day that carry strategic implications. Labels: Innovation , Leadership. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 1, 2011

On September 14 he will be gathering together a group of association and other thought leaders for a half-day session on how organizations across our community can collaborate to accelerate the overall pace of innovation. Many of our organizations face common challenges. Association Management. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 27, 2011

The HBR blog is running a series on leadership lessons from the military. I think that’s a common story in the association world—people promoted to positions of leadership because of demonstrated excellence in managing programs. Labels: Leadership. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, June 27, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 29, 2011

Theres a really critical lesson for association professionals in this guest post on Hugh MacLeods blog from Kathy Sierra. In it, she challenges the traditional wisdom many organizations have for customer loyalty programs. Reading the post made me think about my own association and my members. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Heres another post from Harvard Business Reviews series on Imagining the Future of Leadership that caught my attention. Being an Xer is less about when you were born and more about how you think and how you approach problems and leadership. Labels: GenX Perspectives , Leadership. Association Management. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

I had a fantastic opportunity this past Friday—an opportunity to take the principles and ideas about innovation that are being developed through my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives , and apply them in a real-world situation with a real-world organization.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

Haque says more for-profit organizations are figuring this out and are getting better at delivering meaningful social experiences instead of just products and services. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Daring to Lead 2006. Association Subculture.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 1, 2011

Back in November, the HBR blog ran a series of posts on "Leadership Lessons from the Military." They start measuring their success by their numbers and not by the objectives of the association hosting the meeting. W hen it comes to planning meetings for this association, I told her, your objective (i.e., Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 1, 2011

We launched Hourglass in February 2009 with the hope that it would be a conversation--a platform on which in leaders in Generation X and in the other generations could discuss the challenges of leadership itself. In part, we wanted to try and answer the question: Do generations really matter to leadership? Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Rory Sutherland persuasively makes the case that organizations dont spend enough time working on the small stuff. That, in fact, there is a bias in most organizations that big problems have to be met with big solutions--solutions that have to be conceptualized by powerful people and executed with lots and lots of money. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my first post of 2011 I issued a kind of challenge to GenX association professionals. What follows is a guest post from the first such professional to take me up on that offer-- Je nnifer Alluisi , Director of Educational Programs at Custom Management Group , an accredited association management company in Charlotteville, Virginia.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This is another one of those posts challenging the assumption that as Millennials storm their way into the workforce theyre going to radically change the landscape and force organizations to adapt to their idiosyncratic ideals in order to harness their power and survive. Association Management. Leadership. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Hearing everyones name and the organizations they work for is not enough. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Daring to Lead 2006. Association Subculture. Association CEOs and Board Culture. Socializing is important. Why are they here?

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

I couldnt help but notice the similarities between this list and the Principles of Innovation recently drafted by the WSAE Innovation Task Force, including "an innovation culture led from the top of the organization" and "the commitment of resources to a process of innovation." Association Management. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Listen to how Erickson describes the new equation that she says will form the basis of trust between corporations and workers in the decades ahead: The organization will provide interesting and challenging work. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Jennifer Alluisi.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

Listening up means empowering as many people inside your organization as possible to spend time talking to your customers to have those conversations, and empowering them to talk to one another openly. How many people are there in your organization? Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

But I want to focus in on the underlying concept--that for an innovation process to succeed, it must align with the organizations culture and way of thinking. Thats an important lesson for any association executive interested in increasing the ability of their organization to generate and execute innovative ideas. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

In this regard innovation can be viewed as another association business practice—like program management or marketing—something that all organizations can do, albeit with varying levels of expertise and success. The innovation problem for associations is not about process. How about the organization itself?

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The task force met again on September 10, and one of our tasks this time was to create a tool that would allow association executives to assess the "innovation readiness" of their organizations. Heres the first: Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals? Eric Lanke.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 10, 2010

If youre following @hourglassblog on Twitter than you already know that I recently attended (and participated in) a session on innovation with ASAE’s Jennifer Blenkle at the Council for Manufacturing Associations Leadership Meeting. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Instead, I will choose to view Wikileaks as a call-to-action, and a reminder that we can only achieve what our organizations need us to by making sure our private actions match our public ones. Labels: Communication , Leadership , Social Media. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2010

I generally find her to be one of the more positive voices about Generation X and its leadership capabilities. Given the thesis she has laid out, heres the one I found most interesting: You asked: How do we blend our strengths with the Boomers experience so we can be perceived as "ready" to make a smooth transition into leadership?

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 11, 2011

Its almost as if the themes of leadership and innovation have taken over. I will say that as Gen X hits the main part of mid-life, you'll definitely find more of us within organizations, particularly if the Boomers ever retire. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

Unfortunately, from my point of view, only some of those lessons are good for the association community. Govindarajan describes the truism that it is the rare organization that lacks the ability to produce new and creative ideas. Its a strategy thats definitely biased towards large organizations with large resources at its disposal.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 26, 2011

Its just that most of these efforts are resource constrained, and its clear that teams will get more bang for their buck talking to customers, developing prototypes, sharing those prototypes with customers, filling key leadership team gaps and so on, than they will from rigorous data. Labels: Association Management , Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

By examining how innovation is successfully employed by the organizations profiled we hope to identify practical strategies for applying innovation in the association environment. Weve now examined enough case studies where we feel ready to start writing a "white paper" on innovation for the association community.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 16, 2011

In my current world of trade associations I see the same dynamic, and my strategy with these businesses is simply to put them on a watch list, waiting for a change in leadership at the top that may signal a willingness to take another look. Labels: Association Management , Membership. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 16, 2011

Ill bet youve heard the same words said in your organization from time to time. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Daring to Lead 2006. Association Subculture. How can we launch something thats only half done and not working properly? Jennifer Alluisi.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Maybe because of the way my brain works, I really like the mathematical model he uses to make his point: We like to think of an organizations capacity for innovation as creativity multiplied by execution. Association Management. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Daring to Lead 2006.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

A couple of posts ago I mention a post from HBRs Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. I'm blocked from moving into leadership by Boomers who it seems (she says cynically) may nver retire and millennials who have made it clear that they are next in line. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 11, 2011

As recently discussed on the Innovation Hub for Associations, innovation is fundamentally about change, and Schrage is asking us to consider not the change we would make within our own organizations to be more innovative, but the change we can create in our marketplaces to better accept our innovative products. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The first, discussed in Part 1 of this post, is "Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?" If you can confidently answer "yes" to that question, then ask yourself the next question: Do you have a defined process for how innovation will function in your association? Leadership.

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