Tag Archives: leadership

Like many association executives, I never knew that association management existed as a career path until I joined this industry 14 years ago. My first job was at age 9. Before you call CPS on my parents, it wasn’t that kind of job.

Our new Board members were installed at a Board meeting on June 27. They will officially be recognized in September at the New Ideas Annual Conference in Galveston.

It could be the best of times. It could be the worst of times. While Dickens may not be referenced often in our offices and boardrooms, this twist on his famous words provides a perfect description for the crossroads our companies face every day.

The work of an executive transitioning into a new leadership role happens long before Day 1.

Every nonprofit has a business model, which we define as the system an organization creates to bring in resources and use them effectively to create and deliver value, achieve mission, and build the capacity to endure. But what happens when there is a disruption to that system.

I've always been passionate about education, and as much as I loved my team and the leadership role I was in my previous role at an online learning solution, I knew my long-term goal in earning the CAE certification was to run an association.

Bad bosses will become less and less acceptable with each new generation that enters the workplace, so companies need to know and address when conflict between supervisors and employees.

As we begin the new year, it might be a good time to consider new ideas about how you can make some changes around your personal self-care. The key thing is that you can’t be effective if you are stressed and overwhelmed, so let’s start there. Maintaining Sanity for You! As an Association or Hospitality professional, one of the most ...

Merriam-Webster defines transition as a passage from one state, subject, or place to another or – when in relation to an atomic nucleus or a molecule – an abrupt change in energy level usually accompanied by change in energy. In my experience over the past few months, the transition from a stand-alone association to an association management company (AMC) has ...

Most associations tell me that innovation is important to them, and I, of course, agree. But the overall track record on innovation in the association community is not that great. Twelve years ago, some fellow consultants and I wrote a short book titled, We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change. Two years ago ...