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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. She served as executive director for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) for 13 years and has almost 30 years of experience in the association industry.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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COVID made us lab rats in a variety of unusual experiments. it was also an experience that transformed the employment landscape. Maybe you aren’t ready to call your experience a win. We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Remote work was one of those unsettling tests. We nailed it!

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Partner for Support Healthcare and restaurant workers were among the most severely affected by the pandemic. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Here’s an example from my experience. We advocated fiercely for our members to get protective resources.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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How can we support women, people of color, and other minorities in achieving leadership roles? Pairing people of different backgrounds and experience, or “bridge mentoring,” requires more intentionality and effort than casual arrangements. Take this support beyond current performance into future goals. The success is shared.

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

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Success belongs to organizations that adapt to a shifting environment. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? What activities would make your association better prepared to respond to changes in your members’ needs and the business environment? Business is Darwinian. Explore your industry.

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3 Roles of the Nonprofit CFO that Lead to Mission Success

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No longer confined to the more traditional, narrow lane of strictly managing an organization’s revenue and expense sheets, today’s nonprofit CFOs are increasingly asked to design a multifaceted approach that encompasses strategic vision, collaboration, and innovation.

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To Survive a Crisis, Lean Into Trust—CEOs Share Pandemic Stories

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Their experiences involved unprecedented social and industry challenges that nothing could have prepared them to meet. To support our constituents, we created ‘Ready to Serve Safely,’ a website listing restaurants that were going above and beyond to provide safe dining. We suspended our rules and didn’t collect dues during that time.

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