Associations work best when everyone from the CEO to members and volunteers is aligned around a common objective. The clearer the objective, the stronger the pieces that come together to support an initiative for greater impact. What does it take to create a social impact? There are 10 Key Elements to Social Movement. I have long […]
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Organizations excel when the Board of Directors, leaders, partners, staff, and customers work together on a common objective. In other words, a social movement is created. But, can you deliberately foster one? Absolutely. And the work of Dr. Christina Economos shows us how. In 2001 she pulled together a team of researchers and took a deep look at what it took to turn the United States around 180°in four separate
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Gratitude has profound value and considerably impacts the quality of your experience of life. Science has proven that people who center on gratitude are happier, perform better, and have a sweeter day-to-day existence. I have discovered that when I take the time to think about what I am grateful for, I can feel a physiological
Saturday morning I woke up in a grumpy state. I knew better (after decades of experience) than to hang out at home, so I drove out to a coffee shop alone and then went to the gym to shift my mood. Boy, am I glad I did! No interaction until my brain space shifted. I
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It’s hard to innovate when you have a good thing going. Today’s fast-moving market requires that you create new value for your customers before anyone else does. When looking for sore spots, ask yourself “what It would be like to be the next best that you could be.” Disrupt yourself. Don’t stop doing what Is
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It got cold fast here in DC. This morning it was below freezing. That’s me and my faithful companion, Sita, in the park around 06:45 today. I am always amazed by how she likes the cold. It’s her German blood, I am sure. Her breed is bred to work outdoors in the hills of Germany.
Learning is a core competency in organizations today. In the podcast mentioned above, I talk with learning expert, Celisa Steele, on new competencies for leadership, the difference between sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation and what it takes to lead for collective impact. When I majored in mathematics during college, I always felt like what I
I had the pleasure of co-hosting a salon and dinner with Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO of the American Society for Microbiology. We gathered ten association CEOs and a few consultants to discuss the hard work required to move large initiatives forward. The learning environment was like a graduate level class in association leadership. One of the
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I have long used a Venn Diagram of three circles to explore my purpose in life. You see it in the image above. I recall being told by a therapist once that people primarily focus on just one of these: taking care of themselves, being engaged with their families or their work. And that they
Today I want to talk to you about backbone support, the fifth and final condition of collective impact. Backbone support refers to the organization that is responsible for the leadership, strategy, coordination, and communication; the home of the initiative.
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