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Monday, January 30, 2017

Why New Board Members Don't Speak Up

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I recently got elected to another association board. After a tour of duty on the board of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives ...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Association Staff and the Marriage of Strategy and Resources

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I had another experience this week that helped reinforce the important role that association staff must play in successfully marrying stra...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks

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President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003 ultimately may come to be seen as one of the most profligate actions in the his...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Values Can Take Time to Change Culture

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It's been a while since I wrote about core values on this blog, but a thought occurred to me the other day that seemed like it was wor...
Monday, January 9, 2017

You Can Decide When To Check Your Email

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A post on Associations Now about a new law that gives French employees the right to ignore emails sent during hours that they’re off the ...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

What Went Wrong? by Bernard Lewis

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The subtitle here is “The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East,” and that’s a far more descriptive title for this book than ...
Monday, January 2, 2017

The Importance of the Frame

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I had another recent experience that reinforced the importance of choosing the right frame for any difficult decision that needs to be mad...