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A Last Look at Leadership in 2019

Associations Now

Much of what I wrote about in 2019 for this blog revolved around the challenges and opportunities created by these upsides. It’s impossible to overcommunicate , many CEOs say, especially when it comes to more disruptive changes. But, as ever, there’s still work to be done. Leaders may not be able to address every problem they face.

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Eric Lanke: Should Committees Report to the Board?

Eric Lanke

The Nominating Committee. These are all bodies designed to infuse the management practices of the association with the expertise and wisdom of association members themselves. These are all bodies designed to infuse the management practices of the association with the expertise and wisdom of association members themselves.

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Eric Lanke: Things I've Learned from Being a Board Member

Eric Lanke

Ive recently accepted the nomination to move onto the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Their staffs are stretched too thin, their resources are inadequate to the tasks they set for themselves, and their goals assume an inflated sense of their own competence and abilities. Innovation. Generations.

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A Faster Trip to the Top

Associations Now

Jamie Notter, in a provocative blog post on boards last week that I’m sure I’ll be revisiting, pointed to these and other flaws in the board structure: “We need organizations to be strategic. Every third year it elects what it has called a “wild card” president-elect from its nomination process. We need them to create value.

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Plexus Consulting Group?: CEOs: Leadership Lessons from Lincoln

Plexus Consulting

CEOs: Leadership Lessons from Lincoln. In her book, Goodwin documents the life of Lincoln, his political rivals for the Republican nomination for President in 1860 and how Lincoln ultimately won the Presidency when no one expected him to do so. As a non-profit organization CEO (or aspiring one), what can we learn from Lincoln?