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Consultants Can Lighten the Burden of Leadership—How to Get the Advice You Need
Lately, we’ve all been doing a complicated juggling act; and, just when you think you’ve nailed the rhythm, another ball gets tossed into the mix. Managing a remote workforce, making tough financial decisions, planning a virtual conference, budgeting for the unpredictable, and finally, strategizing how to get your team safely back to the office are…
Read MoreOutrun Disruption: Use These 7 Strategies to Build a Resilient Organization
COVID-19 is a once-in-a-lifetime disaster. But disruption, whether from biology, technology, or culture, is here to stay. We can’t stop the challenges; But we can be resilient enough to take them in stride and move forward to become stronger. What exactly does resilience mean? Why is it important, and how do you build it into…
Read MoreWe’re Looking Ahead
I hope you’re doing well and staying safe! At .orgSource we’ve been working to help you get ahead of the disruption impacting our industry. In case you missed it, we’ve compiled resources to help organizations through this challenging time. Be Future Focused Almost every day, I get a call from an association leader looking for advice. At the beginning of the closures, most of the conversations involved virtual meetings or setting up remote offices. Now the questions are…
Read MoreGet Your Association on the Offensive—Mitigate Impacts of COVID-19
“In my mind, it’s inevitable that we’ll have a return of the virus … when it does, how we handle it will determine our fate,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, April 30. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning might make you want to put your mask over your…
Read MoreMy Perspective, May 2020: Reaction, Assessment, and Renewal—Thoughts on Moving Through the Pandemic
The worst thing about a crisis can be the uncertainty surrounding the outcome. We all have coping strategies to pass the time before there’s a verdict on our well-being. One of mine is gathering information. When I’m not sure how a situation will unfold, I collect data, connect with colleagues, tap my network, and become…
Read MoreSix Strategies for Success in the New Reality
The economic and social challenges of this pandemic have cast a harsh spotlight on leadership. If you are sitting in the corner office, you have a unique opportunity to prove that you belong in that big chair. Although there is no playbook for this crisis, there are attitudes and behaviors that support the heavy lifting…
Read MoreDigital Leaders Fly Ahead of Disruption
Technology is our silent partner in the challenging job of keeping the economy moving during COVID-19. This health crisis has taught us that the more we make the digital world our world, the better equipped we will be to manage both business and life in the face of disruption. Associations who were early adopters of…
Read MoreMy Perspective, April 2020: Business as Usual Has Left the Building
Spending hours (a lot of hours) with the people we are closest to and zero time with everyone else is one of a thousand things that seem out of balance in our new reality. It isn’t easy to stifle fear and stoke the resilience, hope and creativity needed to be strong until we see the…
Read MoreScenario Planning Builds a Resilient Future
Should we cancel the conference? Are layoffs needed to keep the organization afloat? How much of the reserves can we safely spend? Responsibility for the decisions that make or break an organization is the tough side of leadership. Selling a solution to everyone who must agree can be even harder. But you don’t need nerves…
Read MoreVirtual Meetings Grow Association Communities—How to Get Started
Canceling a conference is a decision that most association CEO’s never imagined they would be forced to make. But many organizations recently faced that challenge, and more will probably do so in the near future. Fortunately, technology now gives us alternate ways to continue our work, including providing members with education and fellowship. Virtual conferences…
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