Eric Lanke

APRIL 7, 2014

In preparing for the session, I decided to go back and review the blog posts I wrote that summarized some of my major takeaways from the book. Across all four of the blog posts I wrote, a central theme seems to dominate. It’s safe to say that Humanize has had a positive effect on my thinking and on my leadership.

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Guidelines Leadership Review Innovation 100

Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 2, 2013

I mean, you follow all the blogs, you read all the books and you go to all the conferences. You even have your own blog where you put up posts about innovation and the people you meet at those conferences tell you how great they are. Because you write about them on your blog? image source You had me fooled for a while.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 15, 2013

image source Read an interesting blog post about the changing nature of music industry. If you read this blog through Google Reader, please find another way of accessing the feed after July 1. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

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Industry Leadership Course Conference 100

Eric Lanke

APRIL 8, 2013

If you read this blog through Google Reader, please find another way of accessing the feed after July 1. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader is shutting down on July 1, 2013.

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Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I''ll share more in my next blog post. + + + This post was written by Eric Lanke, an association executive, blogger and author. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. Associations Leadership'

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Eric Lanke

MAY 13, 2013

image source I found this HBR blog post to offer an interesting perspective--namely that businesses, fatigued with all the doomsday economic predictions and ineffectual political grandstanding in Washington, are muscling forward and figuring out how to be prosperous despite the constant economic and political turmoil. And what happens next?

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 29, 2015

I'm describing in a series of blog posts the different elements that make up my association's Strategy Agenda--a new term I've introduced in my organization to represent the essential work product of our Board of Directors. Image Source [link].

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Strategy Innovation Industry Education 100

The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Heres another one of those fun HBR blog posts where a blogger from one generation pontificates on the failings of a younger generation, and gets taken to task for it in the comments. The new blog, at www.ericlanke.blogspot.com , is in beta-testing now. About This Blog. Why Another Blog? Other Blogs.

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millennials Innovation Leadership Social Media 40

Eric Lanke

JULY 7, 2014

image source I found this post of the Harvard Business Review blog thought-provoking. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. In one example, the post talks about the movement as it is afoot at Diebold, a manufacturer of ATMs and security systems.in

Committee 100

Committee Innovation Proposal Technology 100

Eric Lanke

JULY 27, 2015

I'm describing in a series of blog posts the different elements that make up my association's Strategy Agenda--a new term I've introduced in my organization to represent the essential work product of our Board of Directors. And something that is clearly aligned with progress against the vision you've described. Image Source [link].

Strategy 100

Strategy Technology Examples Products 100

Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

image source Over the last six weeks, I have tackled the six rules of living your values, as defined by Francois Nader, CEO of NPS Pharmaceuticals in this HBR blog post. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. Teach people what the values mean.

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Recruiting Recruitment Analysis Leadership 100

Eric Lanke

AUGUST 25, 2014

For my comments on the first rule, go here. + + + Here''s Nader second rule, along with what he says about it in his HBR blog post : Don’t post plaques on the wall declaring the values. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 20, 2013

I read this on Tom Morrison''s blog the other day and thought it was one of the best answers I''d ever heard to one of the most debated questions among association staffers. It may be difficult reality for some CSEs to face, but it is an absolutely necessary one. + + + Do you like the things I say on this blog? Yours or the members?

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Committee Leadership Conference Member Engagement 100

Eric Lanke

APRIL 1, 2013

If you read this blog through Google Reader, please find another way of accessing the feed after July 1. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader is shutting down on July 1, 2013.

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 25, 2013

Well, I recently stumbled upon an HBR blog post by Peter Bregman that gave me a new twist on the question. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. When your deciding what to measure, focus on behaviors not outcomes.

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Recruiting Recruitment Examples System 100

Eric Lanke

JANUARY 5, 2015

I''m thinking this week about the opening paragraph of this post from the Demand Perspective Blog: I am sure that hearing references to information technology as something that resides in an entirely different universe from the one the rest of the organization inhabits, is not new to most of us. Image Source [link].

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 22, 2013

If you read this blog through Google Reader, please find another way of accessing the feed after July 1. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader is shutting down on July 1, 2013.

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Innovation Project Team Organization 100

Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

For my comments on the fifth rule, go here. + + + Here''s Nader''s sixth rule, along with what he says about it in his HBR blog post : Your values must be non-negotiable. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. Associations Core Values'

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

For my comments on the third rule, go here. + + + Here''s Nader''s fourth rule, along with what he says about it in his HBR blog post : Recruit people who naturally are inclined to live your values. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 27, 2013

I read this in a recent Dan Pallotta post on the HBR blog. It may look good on your balance sheet or help your Guidestar ratings, but it also means that you''re not serious about accomplishing the mission you have supposedly pledged yourself to. + + + Do you like the things I say on this blog?

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

For my comments on the second rule, go here. + + + Here''s Nader''s third rule, along with what he says about it in his HBR blog post : Teach people what the values mean. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. For the series introduction, go here.

Leadership 100

Leadership Team Communications Examples 100

Eric Lanke

MARCH 2, 2015

Five months ago, I concluded a short series on this blog in which I self-examined the core values of my association through the lens of six rules for living your organization''s values, which were authored by a successful executive of a pharmaceutical company. I did some of this work in a previous blog post. Until today, that is.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 8, 2013

I plan to tell the story and share some of the lessons learned in future blog posts. + + + This post was written by Eric Lanke, an association executive, blogger and author. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. Stay tuned.

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Leadership Products Process Organization 100

Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 20, 2014

That might be a future blog post--as I''m convinced that many association staff don''t comprehend that the work their volunteers do for their associations is done at night and on weekends. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

Innovation 100

Innovation Proposal Review Industry 100

Eric Lanke

JULY 13, 2015

I'm describing in a series of blog posts the different elements that make up my association's Strategy Agenda--a new term I've introduced in my organization to represent the essential work product of our Board of Directors. Image Source [link].

Education 100

Education Examples Industry Strategy 100

Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

One of the very first posts I wrote for this blog (back in September 2011) was titled, " Should Committees Report to the Board? " For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. and it challenged that very piece of conventional wisdom.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 27, 2014

That might be a future blog post--as I''m convinced that many association staff don''t comprehend that the work their volunteers do for their associations is done at night and on weekends. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For my comments on the fourth rule, go here. + + + Here''s Nader''s fifth rule, along with what he says about it in his HBR blog post : Make values a primary filter for performance evaluations. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

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Process Recruiting Recruitment Course 100

Eric Lanke

AUGUST 18, 2014

For the full introduction, go here. + + + Here''s Nader''s first rule again, along with what he says about it in his HBR blog post : Define the values in simple, sixth-grade language. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com.

Leadership 100

Leadership Analysis Examples Organization 100

Eric Lanke

AUGUST 26, 2013

I''m going to start with some of my own thoughts and experiences in helping to lead a similar discussion at the ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference (which I blogged about here , here and here ) but I expect the conversation will go in several directions after that. Member Engagement Associations'

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 24, 2013

If you read this blog through Google Reader, please find another way of accessing the feed after July 1. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. . + + + IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader is shutting down on July 1, 2013.

Member Engagement 100

Member Engagement Resources Proposal Project 100

Eric Lanke

JUNE 10, 2013

Elizabeth has put up several resources from the session on her blog--the handout, the powerpoint slides; even a video interview she and Peggy recorded right after the session ended. If you read this blog through Google Reader, please find another way of accessing the feed after July 1. Go check them out!

Member Engagement 100

Member Engagement Wisconsin Committee Project 100

Eric Lanke

JUNE 3, 2013

image source After my blog post on Transactional vs. Aspirational Membership published on April 29, 2013, I was contacted by the Midwest Society of Association Executives and asked to expand on a few ideas for their newsletter. The second helps them develop a desire to achieve more. + + + Do you like the things I say on this blog?

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 28, 2015

As we end another year, here's a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2015. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. My thanks to everyone who has been reading what I've been putting up here.

Guidelines 100

Guidelines Team Technology Video 100

Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 29, 2014

As we end another year, here''s a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2014. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. My thanks to everyone who has been reading what I''ve been putting up here.

Guidelines 100

Guidelines Team Examples Technology 100

Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 30, 2013

image source As we end another year, here''s a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2013. For more information, visit www.ericlanke.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @ericlanke or contact him at eric.lanke@gmail.com. My thanks to everyone who has been reading what I''ve been putting up here.

Guidelines 100

Guidelines Innovation Member Engagement Process 100

Eric Lanke

AUGUST 11, 2014

image source This HBR blog post on building a new company culture has been sitting in my inbox for a while. As you may know, we recently went through a process to define a set of core values for our organization, and I''ve been blogging here about the peaks and valleys that we''ve encountered on that journey.

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