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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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What can we do to ensure they have the skills to understand a challenging landscape and make the wise decisions needed for success? Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. But what about the other half of the equation?

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. Frame the Issues Risk isn’t on most directors’ list of favorite topics for discussion. Adding to the complication, unless you are currently facing a challenge, risk is abstract. The conversation can easily devolve into unproductive speculation.

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Culture, Community, and Technology—A Successful 2022 Convergence

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With the introduction of culture to a digital environment, we saw interpersonal dynamics in a new light.orgCommunity , our professional development and networking organization, was thrilled to host two in-person events that brought people together to explore those themes and discuss significant issues that emerged from our post-pandemic experience.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Zonta International, where Allison served as Executive Director* and Chief Staff Executive, was honored with the 2021 ASAE Summit Award for the UNFPA-UNICEFF Global Program to End Child Marriage. Our discussion about the Summit Award launched a wide-ranging conversation. There are so many challenges.

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Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas

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I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. No matter the organization’s size, it’s critical to have leadership at the executive director level deeply invested. The post Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas first appeared on Beth Kanter.

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

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Trust isn’t a challenge that is currently top of mind for association leaders. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations. 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.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. In 2022, 52% of companies in the S&P 500 disclosed that they conducted a combination of full board, committee, and individual director evaluations, up from only 37% in 2018.