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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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We all understand that technology has changed business. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Initiatives are undermined by silos, turf wars, and poor collaboration. Know the Signs.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration. Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, explains the new roles like this, “An integrated strategic plan gives everyone in the organization a voice, especially the professionals from marketing and membership. Preparing for the unexpected.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration. Integrate Strategy There are plenty of incentives for collaboration. Integrated planning gives departments, like membership and marketing, a format for collaboration on agendas and goals. Make successful collaboration part of performance standards.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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When Kevin Ordonez, my business partner, and I wrote our Association 4.0 books , a home office was still a glimmer in every busy parent’s eyes. In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. Businesses and even a few associations are moving away from bricks and mortar.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. On the other hand, in Madison, where we didn’t have a Kitchen Cabinet, collaboration on reopening was much more challenging. We are a very serious accrediting business.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined. From the beginning of her tenure at ENA, Nancy has made building a positive culture a priority. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Eye-Opening Workplace Statistics From Gallup That Business Leaders Need To Know

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And as revealed in Gallup’s latest book, Culture Shock , authored by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter , the following are some eye-opening statistics today’s business leaders need to know. Therefore, how organizations adapt to this culture shock will determine whether they thrive or even survive and whether U.S.