Seth Kahan on Big Change

We live in an environment where technology is growing exponentially and has been for a long time. And the exponential aspect of growth is not going to stop. In this video, I share with you an exercise that I often use to kick off a strategy session. The exercise highlights how striking exponential growth is […]

Today, I want to share with you six questions that I have found extremely helpful when developing strategy. They’re specific to associations, and they are inspired by Richard Rumelt’s model that he lays out in his excellent book, “Good Strategy/Bad Strategy.” What cannot change? What are the biggest hurdles your association is facing today? What

In my latest book, Visionary Leadership, How Association Leaders Embrace Disruption in the 21st Century, I identify a group of competencies that I see visionary leaders demonstrating: Association Leadership Market Acumen Personal Power Today, I discuss Association Leadership, which I break down into four specific competencies: Ecosystem leadership Leading for collective impact Collective learning Reframing

In my latest book, Visionary Leadership, How Association Leaders Embrace Disruption in the 21st Century, I identify the competencies that successful visionaries use over and over and over again: Association Leadership Market Acumen Personal Power Today, I discuss Market Acumen, which I break down into four specific competencies: Detecting larger patterns Identifying disruptions Systems thinking

My next book, Visionary Leadership: How Association Leaders Embrace Disruption in the 21st Century, is available June 7th. I’d like to offer you a free PDF version of the book. If you’d like to take advantage of this offer email me at seth@visionaryleadership.com Inside you will find: Case studies on Visionary Leaders like Susan Neely

The focus of my work is visionary leadership – leadership that leaves the world better than we find it. An exemplar in that regard is Mark French, who recently passed away. Mark was the founder and driving force of Leading Authorities speakers bureau, CEO Update, and the Association Leadership Awards. These awards acknowledge association leaders

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to step up and how Boards of Directors can make a move from being conservative to bold, taking on the most important activities that an organization is facing, creating guiding policies, and align resources to get action. Richard Rumelt, the author of Good Strategy Bad Strategy,

In just 3 weeks, my fourth book, Visionary Leadership, will be available. In it I detail case studies of CEOs, the I know personally, who have risen to deliver visionary results beyond their organizations and members, leaving the world better than they found it. These CEOs are leveraging leadership and harvesting powerful returns for their