The official definition of personal best is “the best time or score ever achieved by an athlete in a particular event.” Today I am thinking about giving my finest in response to the coronavirus pandemic. For me that means sheltering in place to flatten the curve, ensuring the safety of frontline workers, helping my family […]
Through my work with association executives, I’ve identified a theme. Associations must be preparing to not just get through the pandemic but to become stronger on the other side. The activities that you are engaged in now are laying the groundwork for your bridge to tomorrow. Jettisoning products and services that don’t add much value,
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A food bank is a non-profit that safely stores food to be delivered to local food distribution centers, where it reaches those in need. Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief charity, is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks and food rescue organizations, with annual revenues of almost $3 billion. In 1967 John
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A visionary leader is someone who aligns the well-being of society with that of their organization and their customers. When all three are aligned, you have a visionary trajectory. In the early 2000s, I worked with NASA doing leadership development for their most senior managers, twice leading the NASA Masters Forum, which brings together the
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What is a march? It occurs in military campaigns, musical compositions, protests, and parades. It means to advance inexorably. A march is not something that is stopped. It is a dedicated mass movement. Marching is what we are doing now, marching arm-in-arm six-feet-apart around the globe. Scientists, manufacturers, healthcare workers, citizens… Like the inevitable spring,
I’ve been designing and leading virtual meetings much longer than ZOOM has been around. My largest virtual meeting took place 20 years ago and included almost 10k participants and over 800 organizations. Through my work helping leaders execute large overarching strategies. I’ve learned what it takes to build a global workforce. The video above outlines
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These are tough times, but this is what associations are made for. This is our chance to step up and serve our members when they need it the most. I have been in touch with over 100 association executives and we’ve had the opportunity to identify the most important issues associations are facing today. This
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Health and economics. These two important topics have been all over the news. But, they don’t cover a shadow wave that is just as important: the impact on our mental health. Even if we are successful at slowing the spread of the pandemic and our economic policies are effective, there will be PTSD when we
Unprecedented is too tame a word for our circumstances. All across the world people are sheltering in place. Our collective lives have been disrupted and today we are still in the first phase of this global predicament, waiting to see where it goes. As in all adverse situations, some stop acting and others step into
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I extend my heartfelt prayers and best wishes for you and your loved ones, for your health and your safety. Disruptions are massive. Our organizations were created by our members to do things that no other organization can. Associations were built to navigate through storms, to take on the toughest issues, to surface solutions, and
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