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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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I was eager to hear Sue’s ideas about the importance of focusing the board on qualities like empathy, self-knowledge, and strong social skills to build a productive environment. An open mind and a collaborative spirit are also important. Associations need to move away from bureaucratic, operational structures.

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How Innovation Naturally Emerges From Deliberate Inefficiency

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“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. It's time to build again,” says Parker. Seek novelty to create strategic optionality.

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Beyond Bronze, Silver, and Gold—Grow Success With Purpose

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Sharon offered an idea that has been on my mind for some time. It’s a more challenging operating environment for associations. Build Value “In an increasingly competitive environment, the priorities may need to be realigned,” Garth noted. The tiered structure is a trap I’d stay clear of.

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3 Roles of the Nonprofit CFO that Lead to Mission Success

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But there must also be a different way to understand the nonprofit CFO role, by asking what questions plague the minds, hearts, and souls of today’s nonprofit CFOs. Structure relationships that are mutually beneficial for all parties and will ultimately benefit the entire organization in the long term.

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Five Crucial Actions That Build Unity And Foster Performance

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Meet the demand for direct and intentional forays into the heart of power structures, forces, and accepted traditions. Promote an open environment for inquiry, free of conflict, devoid of oppositional energy, and driven by a positive spirit of curiosity. That structure became The Belonging Rules. Listen without labels.

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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. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. ENA’s commitment to bring culture to life is even expressed in the organization’s physical environment. Could the issue be trust?

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Information: The Better Half of IT

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Our environment is telling us how important our data is by how hard we work to protect it. For organizational leaders, deputizing—and supporting—the right person at your organization will return huge dividends in the form of clean, organized, and well-documented data structures. Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit.

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