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Leadership
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Stepping Up to Volunteer Leadership
Addy M. Kujawa, CAE, executive director of the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, has faced a challenge common…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Books: The Benefits of Doing What You’re Not Supposed To Do
Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time By Jeffrey Pfeffer Renowned Stanford Professor Jeffrey…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
How I Got Here: Eric H. Schultz
Eric H. Schultz Chair, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans Boston Eric H. Schultz was elected board chair of…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Leader to Leader: Motivations and Concerns
Who or what originally inspired you to serve on the board you're currently leading? My inspiration to become…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
A New Role for Boards: Idea Hunters
If volunteer leaders and CEOs want to identify new association opportunities, they must become interested, diverse, exercised, and…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
How Board Debate Can Lead to Good Decisions
Nearly 1,000 attendees clutch their plastic clappers and file enthusiastically into the ballroom for one of the American…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The Radical Board Agenda Item: Mindful Meditation
It's board meeting time again. You and your staff have spent inordinate amounts of time, focus, and energy…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Can You Talk Politics With Coworkers?
The schools of thought when it comes to political talk in the office. Also: Keep your meetings effective,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Respond to Zika Virus Outbreak
The mosquito-borne virus, which many are concerned is associated with numerous birth defects in South America, is putting…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Influence Obama’s Solitary Confinement Shift
In recent months two major correctional associations have spoken out against the overly aggressive use of solitary confinement…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Women’s Leadership Skills: Association, University Team Up
Case Western Reserve University and an association dedicated to women in the manufacturing industry announced a new educational…
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Why That Mission Statement Matters
Mistakes happen when employees take their eye off the implications of their actions. It helped sink Volkswagen, proof…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
School Nutrition Association Assists in Lunch Compromise
Participants in one of the longest-running fights in Congress—over whether to rework school nutrition standards pushed by First…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Ability to Attract, Retain Talent Is Top Concern for CEOs
The Conference Board’s CEO Challenge 2016 survey identifying top concerns of for-profit chief executives may sound familiar to…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
South Dakota School Group Wades Slowly Into Mascot Debate
Rather than taking a bold step in its handling of the controversial issue, the South Dakota High School…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
NAACP Secures Changes to California Marijuana Initiative
After successfully voicing their concerns about how a marijuana legalization measure could negatively impact African American and Latino…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
NCAA Schools Urged to Increase Coaching Diversity
To give minorities a better shot at head coach or other athletic leadership roles at colleges and universities,…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Evangelical Association Hopes to Help Pastors With Finances
The National Association of Evangelicals, thanks to a grant from the Lilly Endowment, plans to analyze the challenges…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Historians Again Reject Israel Rebuke at Annual Meeting
Bucking a recent trend among academic organizations, the American Historical Association over the weekend rejected a proposal that…
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Journalism Society Criticizes Rolling Stone’s “El Chapo” Interview
The ethics chair for the Society of Professional Journalists was one of the most prominent voices to criticize…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Managing a Board Without Controlling It
CEOs have the tricky job of working with a board without taking leadership out of the board's hands.…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
How to Build Influence Without Authority
Leaders often must try to influence professionals over whom they have no real authority: board members, colleagues who…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How Volunteer Board Service Made Me a Better AMC Executive
I have been involved in associations for the better part of 15 years and have seen the best…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
No Girl Left Behind: Girl Scouts Expand Presence at CES
The Girl Scouts of the USA increased its presence at the Consumer Electronics Show to support girls in…
