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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. That’s a simplified example, but it’s the kind of idea that woke me up.” Groups need the freedom to explore ideas with enough guidance to avoid frustrating missteps and confusion.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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The idea is to prevent you from investing precious resources in merchandise or services that people don’t want. Subsequent models will incorporate changes based on consumer feedback. The idea is that what you build gets validated by the marketplace and you invest resources where there is evidence of a return.

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

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Depending on the circumstances, these levels either promote efficiency with short, clearly defined reporting lines or create a long, perilous climb before ideas reach decision-makers. You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? Winton also notes that this skill-based, collaborative model is the way millennials prefer to work. The idea that the employer holds all the cards is changing. The idea that the employer holds all the cards is changing.

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

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We asked Nancy MacRae, MS, CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association , to help us frame this conversation by sharing her group’s commitment to that idea. Nancy emphasized one important idea that we don’t consider often enough. Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

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Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Tips To Make Online Meetings Less Exhausting

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Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

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