A strategy is the game plan that will get you from where you are today to where you want to be. But how do we create an effective strategy that will truly move your organization forward? In this video, I discuss my 7-step framework for association strategy. 1. Gather Market Intelligence 2. Gather Member Intelligence […]
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Buckminster Fuller had a life-changing mystical personal experience that re-oriented and revitalized his life. This incident provided him with a deep sense of purpose. When he recounted it he told others he heard a voice that spoke directly to him and said: “ From now on you need never await temporal attestation to your thought.
What is strategy and who drives the process at an organization? The CEO is the only leader at the intersection of many important organizational relationships: the board of directors, executive committee, members, staff, media, partners, vendors and the general public. It is this unique position that puts a CEO in the best position to drive
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I work with CEOs and executives on strategy and innovation. Since 2009 the vast majority of my clients are association leaders: trade associations and professional societies. Over the last 10 years, I have done a lot of work in strategic planning. So, I distilled my process down to a few short steps. You can download
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Leaders today are being stressed and stretched by overlapping change and exponential breakthroughs in almost every sector. How is your leadership team maintaining their integrity and creating maximum impact under such pressure? One way to combat stress is to be in the best possible shape possible. Some of our world’s most successful leaders work hard
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Have you ever indulged in a novel or binge watched a tv show or picked up a magazine with very little redeeming value? It’s okay to take a mental vacation. In fact, I think they’re good for you. If you’re like me, your life is filled with purpose, many projects that were chosen because you
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A better understanding of systems thinking – the idea that there are massive numbers of interconnected relationships that create living systems to help move things forward. – can protect leaders from falling prey to the false dichotomy of the “us vs them” mentality. Systems thinking is just one of 7 core competencies needed to lead
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During my 13 years at the World Bank, I participated in two distinctly different change initiatives, both called Knowledge Management. The first one never took off. The second one changed the organization, and the world, in two short years, demonstrating how a bureaucratic, geographically distributed, multinational, public sector organization can reinvent itself faster than anyone
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Visionary leaders continuously seek to raise the caliber of their work, to create greater influence, and to understand leveraging for greater impact. Visionary leaders don’t have superpowers or extra time in their day, so what sets them apart from everyone else? A unique mindset, mental models, and experiences that tell them what it is they
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I have often had the mystical feeling that the real work I do is face-to-face, where I appreciate the people I work with and treat them with warmth and respect. I do actually love all of my clients as people and believe in their purpose as well as their intents. If I had a question
