Blogs
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Board Preparedness: Building a Foundation for Success
September 12, 2024
In today’s dynamic environment of association governance, the need for a prepared, strategically minded board is critical.
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Cultivating Your Leadership Pipeline
August 29, 2024
Identifying and cultivating future leaders is not just a strategy; it’s a necessity in association governance. A strong leadership pipeline ensures that your organization remains resilient and adaptable, equipped to meet both current challenges and future opportunities.
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Developing Your Board Preparation Checklist
August 9, 2024
Joining a board can be both exciting and overwhelming. Here are a few tips to help ensure a smooth transition and effective integration of new and returning members within the board.
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Setting Your Board Up for Success
August 1, 2024
Setting Your Board Up for Success delves into the essential steps for giving leaders the tools they need to thrive before, during, and after they become board members.
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Anniversaries and Gratitude
March 13, 2023
Anniversaries give us the opportunity to reflect on the journey that has taken us to this moment, all those who have supported us on the way, and then look up and ahead to what may come next.
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Time as a Commodity
February 7, 2023
We explore the implications to volunteerism and our governance structures as individuals and organizations are carefully looking at where time is spent and opting out of those things where they do not perceive value.
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Developing Executive Presence
September 12, 2022
A balance of competence, confidence, and humility is that which composes executive presence.
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Building Inclusivity
August 19, 2022
Over October 4 – 6, 2022 there will be a conference that “empowers association leaders to face today’s most critical issues.” I will not be attending. And the reason why frustrates me just as much as missing the event.
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An Executive Committee Recalibration
July 20, 2022
The challenge we currently face is one of leaders who have just come out of a period of crisis response where executive committees have been expected to engage in a different type of rapid, frequent decision making for the organization.
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Strengthening Organizational Leadership through Scenario Planning
February 25, 2022
Over the course of a pandemic, workforce disruption, political discord, race relations, and more, we have seen organizations who shifted from a single, reactive response to a proactive scenario planning approach were better situated to navigate these rocky waters.
What was impactful for me is that we were not focusing on necessarily solving the problem but rather trying to better understand them. I had to exercise a different part of my brain and be comfortable with not having concrete resolutions. I also felt the intimate environment was a wonderful opportunity to get to know like-minded professionals. This felt special.
—Dresden Farrand, MPA, MPP, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, American Water Resources Association
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