The CEO Mindset – 2 Traits
What really makes for a leadership mindset? Here are two views into the elusive chief executive’s mental game.
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This is the Week for Renewal
Welcome to the week between Christmas and New Year’s, one of my favorite spans of time. Things tend to slow a bit now as many people take vacations and activity subsides. Just seven days ahead is the first day of a new year. This is the end of the annum behind us. So much can
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Seth Kahan on Association Strategy
Watch this video to learn about my new online training course, Getting Association Strategy Right. The Beta test for the course begins in January. Contact me if you would like to participate!
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Life Artistry
My son, Gabe, is home from college. Yesterday while sitting in our dining room downing a quart or so of ice cream he said to me, “We have always been a family of life-hacking.” It caught my attention and I asked him what he meant. So began another interesting and philosophical conversation with the man
Affiliation and engagement for Associations
I have served the last 18 mo or so on the American Geophysical Union ‘s task force on Affiliation and Engagement. This is an important issue for associations serving rapidly changing member constituencies
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Evidence anyone?
Evidence-based everything is all the rage. What does it mean? It means taking into consideration the results of the best research we have to inform decisions and behavior. Evidence-based Practice is applied to healthcare. It was defined by Dr. David Sackett as“the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about
Innovation that Systematically Produces Increases in Performance
Here I explain the kind of innovation that helps you systematically jump the curve to a new level of performance. It includes these topics: identifying and leveraging inflection points, building your organization’s innovation capacity, exploiting disruption, and driving iterative increases in value.
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Carpe Annum 2017!
Friday I held a special event for the CEOs and visionary leaders within my professional community in Washington, DC. It was an extraordinary affair, though it was not the pomp that made it so. We had plenty to snack on, but the real substance was the people who attended. In this picture with me from
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: adapting to remain relevant in a digital age
Check out RACHEL BRAZIL’s article, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Adapting to remain relevant in a digital age.  In a world where technology and social media allow individuals to gather information and network online for free, professional associations are evolving and changing their offering to members in order to stay relevant.
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Strategy – Creating the Escape Velocity that will Reach a New Level of Performance 3 months ago
In this short talk on strategy I cover the three benefits of an effective strategy: Growth, Relevance and Leadership. I also lay out the 7 elements required to develop a great strategy.
