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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. Here’s an example from my experience. Pre-COVID, we had a program called the Milwaukee Kitchen Cabinet. You have a choice to either say, we can’t help you or you can figure out how to fill in the missing pieces.

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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

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Here’s an example from my experience. Pre-COVID, we had a program called the Milwaukee Kitchen Cabinet. When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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To Survive a Crisis, Lean Into Trust—CEOs Share Pandemic Stories

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Lockdown regulations were enforced one way in Dane County, another way in Milwaukee, and yet another way in Northern Wisconsin,” Kristine advised. We also established a public/private coalition in Milwaukee to learn how restaurants could apply public health regulations to reopen. Here’s an example from my experience.

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I'm Not Building a Navy SEAL Team

Eric Lanke

I attend a lot of conferences where the focus is leadership and how to build and lead effective teams. One common type of speaker I see at these conferences is someone retired from the military (an ex-Navy SEAL Team member was the latest example), talking about their own experiences with team-building and team leadership.

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Tuesday Buzz: Membership Lessons From Social Clubs

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How do you keep something as formal as a swanky social club relevant to members? The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel highlights the current success of the Wisconsin Club , which will celebrate its 125th anniversary next year. Also: Conflict’s a-brewin’ in the craft beer space; this clever video is proof. Other Links of Note.

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Invest in Yourself: Book Recommendations for Young Professionals

Association Adviser

I’m talking about things such as how to effectively participate in meetings, how to deal with difficult people, how to master your organization’s technology, how to manage your time efficiently, how to deal with office politics or just how to be “likeable.”

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How Do You Fix a Board Power Struggle?

Associations Now

Andersson and Avery Edenfield, scholars at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. So much of the success of the board-CEO relationship has to do with how discussions are framed. For example, the employee handbook was a relatively new document that came about because of tension over expectations of employees.