Managing an organization is not easy. One ought to have good leadership qualities to guide people through their efforts. If a high-ranking official does not get real meaningful contributions up and down the entire staff, then there might be serious lack of functioning. The whole concept of leadership is not...
It has been observed quite often that organizations often end up getting too less than what they actually put in. They tend to receive fewer profits than the huge amount of hard work they put in. As a result, the resources of companies become stagnant leading to huge losses. Thus,...
From the executive summary: ‘A strategic plan is a product of entire organization. It includes all the functions so that one can get buy-in in terms of the plan one ultimately selects. The CEO of organization then has to make trade-offs so that the plan is coherent, since not all...
From the executive summary: ‘Everyone knows the value of first impressions, but last impression may be the most important of career. Whether it is a celebrated planned retirement or an inglorious firing, sooner or later, every association executive will be the central player in an executive transition. Executive transition is...
Expanding a business to the overseas market is a tough challenge. The best way to deal with potential overseas customers is to create a subsidiary network that serves the local market and is integrated into the global operation. The only limit to international growth is the one imposed by ones...
From the executive summary: ‘Accountability is very serious business today. Board members demand added accountability. External stakeholders require more and more information. Association boards are looking internally and asking more of themselves and each other. Communication and education are central to accountability, but they only go so far when it...
From the executive summary: ‘Transparency has its advantages and challenges. Organizational transparency helps create trust among stakeholders, encourages more informed decision-making, and supports greater participation. However, it does not guarantee that the right decisions will be made or that information will not be manipulated or misconstrued. Despite the challenges associated...
This article is about trade show attendance, which is declining. Exhibitions have been held in the United States for around 100 years, but there were no purpose-built exhibition centers in the United States until the 1960s. The exhibition industry benefited from the development of the interstate highway system and the...
Most leaders, young or old, evolve and learn with time. As a result, organizations also develop and re-examine their retention efforts. The process calls for linking traditional training with new opportunities that take into account new leadership model. The new leadership model is built in accordance with the requirements of...
From the executive summary: ‘Emotional support can be as straightforward as expressing empathy and understanding about a situation or sending a card. Referring caregivers to support groups or offering the services of a geriatric care manager for a certain period would be extremely beneficial and would help the employee maintain...
The paper highlights a survey in April 2003, which indicates that nearly half of Human Resource HR professionals believe ethical conduct is not rewarded in business. Troubling figures show that during the last five years, HR professionals feel increasingly more pressure to compromise their organizations' ethics standards; however, they also...
From the executive summary: ‘Association managers comprise a unique breed of business professionals. They fulfill various responsibilities ranging from committee support to budgeting; they provide critical communications across departments and hierarchical levels; they are the ultimate multi-tasking professionals, information gatherers, and negotiators. As a result, managers are in a unique...
From the executive summary: ‘If conventional wisdom applied to the world of association executives, it should follow that small associations would have small challenges, and large associations would have large challenges. But, in association management, conventional wisdom has been blown away by the winds of constant change, scarce resources, and...
From the executive summary: ‘Two strategies viz. ensuring ethical leadership and establishing ethical support systems can help associations reassure nervous stakeholders that they are living up to society's higher standard of ethics for non-profit organizations. Associations exist, as do all corporations, at the pleasure of society. In exchange for the...
From the executive summary: 'Freshly launched associations face lot of complex governance, regulatory, educational, and management issues as well. On the other hand, governance issues are not paramount if there is nothing to govern. Thus, for many new-association entrepreneurs, one law stands out above all; to keep some money in...
This article explains government-mandated promotion program in place that supports the industry you represent. The program produces successful advertising and increases consumer awareness of your industry's products. Read on to know more.
From the executive summary: ‘Most associations are being shaken up by the same forces that are altering organizations of every kind; a confluence of rapid social, technological, and economic changes. Social change is evident both in a highly diverse workforce and in the increasing need to reach and influence a...
The article is about the association is fortunate enough to have a government-mandated promotion program in place that supports the industry to represent. The program produces successful advertising and increases consumer awareness of the industry's products. Industry sales grow for the first time in several years. Then, the government-mandated program...
From the executive summary: ‘Experts suggest that all employees should try to avoid the clutter trap. A clutter trap is a state of cumulative disorder that diminishes physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial health. Individuals and organizations need to create and sustain a productive environment, one that supports the mission,...
What one can say about leading from the lowest rungs or so-called "Upside Down" leadership? Does more attention need to be paid to those levels? This paper consists of online interview with Donal O'Hare, former head of management development for The World Bank, which discusses varied topics including "Upside-Down" leadership,...
