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When Your Heart Isn’t in It: Leadership Lessons from Magic Johnson

Associations Now

The NBA icon quit a leadership role on live television last week, before even telling his boss. Johnson is a unique case, but his story raises important issues of authenticity and obligation in leadership. Among them: Don’t take a leadership role out of a sense of obligation. Consider the message your actions send.

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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

One reason for that may be that organizations’ efforts to diversify their boards have been more reactive than intentional, and more interested in optics than truly diverse leadership. As board expert Julie Daum told the Los Angeles Times last month: “Are we going to say, ‘I’m blond. How to do that?

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Golden State collaboration: CAI California chapters discuss year ahead

Ungrated

“This strategic meeting of our state leadership is significant,” says Erik Rivera, AMS, PCAM, president and CEO of Manhattan Pacific Management in Beverly Hills, Calif., and president of the CAI Greater Los Angeles Chapter. “We

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Association Brain Food: 11.24.23

Reid All About it

Until around 2010, philosophers couldn’t speak to one another, let alone communicate with the public, says Crispin Sartwell at Los Angeles Review of Books. Strategist, Public Speaker, Author, PMA Nonprofit Leadership and Vista Cova Thu 11/30 at 11 a.m. Off-topic Practical philosophy. Shannon, FASAE, CAE, Non-profit Exec.,

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Strategic Adaptation

World Class Boards

An oft-cited quote from success expert Brian Tracy states: “When an airplane leaves Chicago for Los Angeles, it is off course 99% of the time. So it is with leadership. But sticking too closely to the letter and detail of a plan can actually take you farther away from achieving your desired outcome.

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Strategic Adaptation

World Class Boards

An oft-cited quote from success expert Brian Tracy states: “When an airplane leaves Chicago for Los Angeles, it is off course 99% of the time. So it is with leadership. But sticking too closely to the letter and detail of a plan can actually take you farther away from achieving your desired outcome.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.21.19

Reid All About it

She’s perplexed (as am I) as to why associations are “ignoring the most obvious yet almost entirely dismissed path to a sustainable future for associations: community leadership and strategic, intentional online communities.”. Wed 6/26 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. PCMA EDUCON LIVE 2019. Thu 6/27 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.