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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Associations Now

OCTOBER 4, 2013

According to two new studies, the way we use devices is leading some—especially millennials—to ditch commuting to work by car. Want twentysomething job prospects to give your organization a chance? In Chicago, the foundation notes, bus ridership increased between 2006 and 2009 after the city made real-time bus information available.

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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. Millennials arent any different. Millennial: Yes we are!

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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. Well, a week after that one, McAfee posted another , this one about what goes wrong when Millennials take their connected habits too far. Millennials want truth and equality in the workplace.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Communication. Encore Careers.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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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. And how, I wonder, will the Millennials who embrace this methodology be treated? Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 11, 2011

If they’re anything like the people in my organization, they’re making decisions every day that carry strategic implications. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Corporals have to make quick decisions, some of which can carry strategic implications. Communication. Encore Careers.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 29, 2011

In it, she challenges the traditional wisdom many organizations have for customer loyalty programs. Would any of them "take a bullet" for the organization that employs me? Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. “Customer Loyalty” is a figment. Some would, I think, yes.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Social is the new way of doing business, and social media is one of its tools.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

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. From that we developed a command-and-control mentality of how to run an organization. link] "baby-boom-millennial-leadership"? Im with you, Bill.

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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. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Hearing everyones name and the organizations they work for is not enough. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Im not questioning your competency by asking questions. Socializing is important. Why are they here? What do they want to accomplish? Lets spend some time talking about that first.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Communication.

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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." Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

” Then I read this post from Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. This narration becomes part of the digital record of the organization, which means that it becomes searchable, findable, and reference-able. Labels: Millennial Perspectives , Social Media.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. How can we launch something thats only half done and not working properly? What will the members think of our capabilities? We have a reputation for quality to protect.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. I wonder if Govindarajans book would be worth a read.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 10, 2010

There were a lot of good association CEOs there who understood that if you want to foster a culture of innovation in your organization, you have to “walk the talk” when it comes to trust. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Communication. Encore Careers. For-Profit vs. Non-Profit.

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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? Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

And what impact will that have on how you run your organization? If I ran my organization, I would utilize social media and YouTube extensively as a way to communicate with a huge constituency that is neither the member nor an unrelated, uninterested public. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006.

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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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 8:58 PM. 0 comments: Post a Comment.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

It is, in fact, Ludwigs practicality--his willingness to discuss with others in the organization what really stands in the way of them achiveing their goals and then working with people to find practical ways of addressing those barriers--that sets him apart in Beers analysis. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The boards dont ensure that the organization has a sound strategy, they tolerate mediocrity in management, they dont hold the organization accountable for results, and they dont ensure that resources are adequate to accomplish goals. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Communication.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

In part one I talked about how the primary challenge for associations in innovating is a cultural one, and how organizational priorities need to move away from established structures and towards whatever mechanisms help the organization deliver better value for its members. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Governance.

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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. How about the organization itself? Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Are you sure?

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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

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. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

A conference planning committee is currently being assembled to help organize this event, and we hope to attract association executives from around the nation to participate. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Communication. Encore Careers. For-Profit vs. Non-Profit. Generation Basics.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 17, 2011

There is a real reluctance, evidently, at the top of many for-profit organizations, for opening oneself up to transparency and criticism. As I look around the landscape, I see many associations who have embraced social media and who have made it work as a communications and engagement tool for their organizations. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 1, 2011

I would like to see Hourglass become a community where GenX leaders share their ideas and refine their practice to better themselves and their organizations. You know theres something about the way you run your organization--or the way you would like to run your organization--that is different from the generation before.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 27, 2011

Leadership has to be about building the capacity and infrastructure for an organization to thrive in the future. He used the example of a cobbler and asked why it's standard practice in organizations to reward someone who excels at a skill such as making shoes with a promotion to managing other shoemakers. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Team members were all creative thinkers, usually from different departments in the organization, and brought a variety of experiences and perspectives to the table. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Eclectic teams. Who participated in the process was as important as the process itself.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 12, 2011

In part one I talked about how the primary challenge for associations in innovating is a cultural one, and how organizational priorities need to move away from established structures and towards whatever mechanisms help the organization deliver better value for its members. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Governance.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

Like our readiness tool, these discussion spaces are organized into three key tracks: a. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. There youll find a series of discussion spaces where successful innovation practices and tools can be offered and explored by the participants. Communication.

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