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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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Our books “Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption” and “An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” summarize those conversations. We thought we could help our colleagues prepare for that disruption by gathering advice from people who greet change as an unexpected advantage. Embrace a challenge.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Meg Ward, Co-Founder of Gravitate Solutions, and a contributor to our book, “Association 4.0 : An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” described her company’s hiring process like this. Hiring employees who are the right fit for this positive environment is a top priority.

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The Definitive Book On Servant Leadership

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Be sure to read the definitive book on servant leadership. Covey Plus, you'll read keen advice from celebrated sports coaches, company CEO's, pastors and retired military leaders. You're sure to take lots of notes as you capture advice from this powerful book, where as John C. Maxwell Marshall Goldsmith Stephen M.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Those talks with association CEOs and executives who head businesses that service the association industry formed the basis for two books. I’ve summarized advice from our contributors to offer practical ideas for beginning to integrate the Association 4.0 The behaviors and attitudes overlap and intertwine. Association 4.0:

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The Five Principles Of Leadership Good Power

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The story of how she discovered this touchstone and uses it throughout her life and work, and her advice on how others can, too, is told in her new book Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World. “I Change takes time; the right relationships and attitude help us persevere. Be Resilient.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.