Recent days have brought big changes here in the USA. Social distance is the word. Not only are people actively discouraged from gathering, but institutions and businesses are also taking a break on very short notice. My son’s college has asked him to leave, and my daughter’s high school gave the kids two weeks off […]
March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced the novel coronavirus is a pandemic. Disrupting the global supply chain and causing the cancelation of events and meetings, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting associations and their members. Yesterday, at my Visionary Leadership Academy, senior executives representing 17 associations, a global association management firm and I put
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Cheers! My morning cup of coffee in one of my favorite mugs! Right now I am working on four Grand Challenges: big, bold goals that can make a powerful contribution to society while helping the associations that lead them to grow and prosper including all of their members. This gives me immense pleasure and lights
Leading change is a core competency for today’s successful leader. There was a time when change was episodic; it would come and disrupt and then things would settle down. Then change became continuous with software applications that with each release had new iterations. And now we are experiencing continuous, exponential, overlapping change. Where changes in
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Last week I led a session at the Department of Education as part of their program, Conversations about Leading. It was a wonderful experience, led by great professionals who cultivate leadership. The topic, dealing with difficult people, is an area where I have deep expertise because of my work helping organizations lead large scale change.
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There are three qualities that every visionary leader I work with has in common: Operational Excellence Strategic Foresight Calculated Bold Risks Executives who possess these three skills are capable of advancing, progressing, and leading, in a way that is consistent with the needs of their organization’s stakeholders. Watch the video above to learn more about
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My Visionary Leadership Academy (VLA) was started on the recommendation of the American Geophysical Union’s Chris McEntee, a long time participant in my CEO workshops and peer groups. She wanted her senior team to have the same concepts I teach CEOs. Because of her I bring in content that has been developed through the leadership curricula
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That’s a grasshopper taco above. I never had one before, but it was on the menu so I gave it a try. Turned out to be crunchy. Not particularly tasty, but not bad either. I like to try new things and that was new for me, even though grasshoppers have been human food for a
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 What is the number one thing association CEOs wish their direct reports would do? Through my work with 100+ CEOs, I’ve learned that the answer is the ability to create enterprise-wide results. A team that is able to think beyond their individual silos and go for results that push the entire organization forward is
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