We are all doing our best to care for ourselves and our loved ones during great uncertainty. This crisis is hitting us on three fronts simultaneously: health, economic, and social. How we take care is extremely important. Here are four tips guiding my life today: 1. Remain a part of your family’s lives, whether co-located […]
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Unprecedented times call for unprecedented collaboration. I am committing, for the next 60 days, to help association leaders get through the COVID pandemic by providing many resources at no or reduced cost. Here are four resources to get you started: Discussion List in Zoom Gatherings for Association CEOS – over 30 CEOs are asking questions,
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No one has ever been through what we are experiencing now. It’s normal to feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster or to have periodic dips of anxiety and depression. It’s also a time to step up, take control of your activity and marshal your very best self for the good of the
As the world works to deal with COVID-19, business leaders have special accountabilities, responsibilities and challenges. Disruption is hitting us on four fronts: personal health, social norms, market/economy, and our business models. Business leaders have a unique opportunity to help customers, partners, and colleagues. Please join me in a free Zoom gathering on Wednesday, March
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As the world works to deal with COVID-19, associations have special responsibilities and challenges. Despite the disruption to our personal health, social norms, business, and the association model, leaders have a unique opportunity to help our professions and trades work together through this crisis. Please join me in a virtual ZOOM gathering on Tuesday, March
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While working at the World Bank, designing and facilitating hundreds of meetings, I developed a framework for what to consider when canceling or rescheduling a meeting. Make a comprehensive list of meetings objectives categorized by each of the five stakeholders: Members Partners Sponsors Vendors Organization Next sort each of the objectives into three buckets: Objectives
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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
