If you’ve been in the association/chamber business for a while, you’ve likely come across peers who are facing intense conflict with their board chair. It may even have happened to you – with board chairs changing every 1 to 2 years in most organizations, it’s nearly inevitable you’ll hit a bad apple. How can you […]

Do you work in a “meeting rich culture?” Do you suffer from meeting dread, or the inability to stay alert sometimes at the dreaded post-lunch project status update? It happens to the best of us (as well as to the rest of us). You’d think that we’d get better at meetings the more we meet, […]

Respect in the workplace is a topic that needs to be addressed due to so many bullies and negative people harassing others. Does your team show respect in the workplace? If you answer, “NO”, this article will give you some ideas. If you answer, “YES”, please send me what is working for your team! Respect is […]

It seems that many folks in the chamber and association world (both execs and their boards) are afraid to “rock the boat”- possibly fearing that they might “sink the boat” – when in reality, if they don’t, they might “miss the boat.” Translation: So many chamber and association leaders seem to be reluctant to embrace […]

Do you remember the age old adage that “a rising tide lifts all ships?”  The idea is that if something is going for well for the team then it benefits each individual on the team. Or, from a different perspective, if we are helping to grow and improve our community, then it’s good for our […]