Tag
Board of Directors
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Transparency and Trust in an Age of Governance Tension
Association governance has always involved a precarious balance between the competing expectations of corporate and political cultures. The…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Trickle-Down Governance: Delivering a Secure Connection Through a Board Portal
An opportunity to improve governance operations quite literally tapped Tim Alexander on the shoulder more than three years…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
10 Ways You May Be Sabotaging Your Strategic Planning
How a CEO or executive director approaches the process of creating or revising the association’s strategic plan speaks…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
A Renewed Focus on Leadership Following a Merger
Association mergers do not come without growing pains, and they can last awhile. The 2001 merger of the…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Realigning the Board for Successful Strategic Planning
When two associations—the National Stone Association and the National Aggregates Association—merged to form the National Stone, Sand and…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How to Build a Cyber-Savvy Board
A cyber attack can cripple an organization’s infrastructure, and recovering can drain its resources. Being able to anticipate…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Legal Elements of Executive Succession Planning
With more and more baby boomers retiring, more changes are coming to association C-suites. Wise association executives already…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The Perils of Poor Governance
Shared commitment by board and CEO to strategic vision, learning and self-assessment, and board recruitment and retention are…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
What to Do When Board Meetings Run Long
Inefficient board meetings have consequences far greater than frustrating staff and board members. Boards that do not use…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
For Tough Board Decisions, Qualming Counters Fears with Facts
Good decision making is essential to associations, but not every board member has experience or training in this…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of a Board Structure
Maybe you've heard both of these before: Don't rock the boat, or we've always done it that way.…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Boards That Spark Innovation
While a great deal of research has been done on innovation in organizations, associations have not explored extensively…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
CEO to CEO: Preparing for New Volunteer Leadership
Ideally, the incoming chair will have spent a few years as the vice chair and engaged in all…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How a New Committee Structure Marked a Governance Milestone
Reorienting a board that has become too deeply involved in an organization's operational details is one of the…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Do’s and Don’ts for Meeting Minutes
With many things in life and business, less is more. In the association world, this is especially true…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Amid Controversy, Should You Move Your Conference?
On April 27, American Counseling Association CEO Richard Yep, FASAE, CAE, received the bad news: Tennessee Gov. Bill…
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Polish Up Your Conflict-of-Interest Policy
What is a conflict of interest? Many association directors and committee members need to ask this question. A…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Diverse Boards Boost Organizational Success
While an association's board of directors is responsible for the direction of the organization, the board's culture and…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The Positives of an Outsider Perspective on the Board
Bringing an outsider onto your board provides a fresh perspective, one that the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
A Board’s Essential Steps for an Association Name Change
As associations evolve and mature, their boards sometimes consider the idea of changing the group's name. While there…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Who Should Choose Your Volunteer Leaders?
Last year, the Association for Linen Management was facing many of the same leadership challenges that have become…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
How to Make Better and Faster Leadership Decisions
As an association leader, you strive to make thoughtful, rational, and data-driven decisions. Except that the more deeply…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Help Your Board Get in the Boardroom Mindset
If your members work in a profession that requires them to view things critically or to seek out…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
A Foresight Toolkit for Association Boards
As association boards come to embrace the duty of foresight and begin to develop a consistent practice of…
