Archive for the ‘General Management’ Category
What business leaders can learn from the Concordia disaster — and how they can come out on top
Priscilla Cale and David Tate are the authors of “Sink or Swim: How Lessons from the Titanic Can Save Your Family Business.” Cale is an author, lecturer and adviser with broad experience in both the private sector and academia. Her work focuses on family business governance, succession, leadership development, strategic growth, globalization, and entrepreneurship and [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: 4 critical skills to develop before 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the final post in a series exploring 10 critical skills that association leaders need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. Read about the first post and [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: CEO of the National Confectioners Association
Larry Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association since 1992, provides leadership for members, including U.S. and international confectionery manufacturers and suppliers, to meet complex challenges and problems that have confronted the industry. Graham founded the World Cocoa Foundation, a nonprofit farmer-outreach organization, in 2000. Before joining the candy industry, Graham served in executive posts [...]
Replacing a missing star: How to deal with losing a high-performing worker
Sometimes if you scratch beneath the surface of a good team, you might find that team performance depends upon the efforts of one or two high achievers. That may be OK for the short term, but what happens when one or two of those stars move on? In this video, I offer suggestions on how [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: 3 invaluable skills to learn by 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the second in a series of three posts exploring critical skills that association leaders need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. Read about the first three [...]
Want to grow as a leader? Let go of being the “go-to person”
Scott Eblin is an executive coach, a speaker, a blogger and the author of “The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success.” You can learn more about him and read his blog at Eblin Group. Or follow him on Twitter: @scotteblin. This is the second post in a series exploring how to improve your [...]
4 tips for managers to help employees realize their potential
Kate Matsudaira is vice president of engineering at Decide, a technology startup focused on helping consumers make smarter purchases through science and data. She has extensive experience managing software teams at some of the top software companies, such as Amazon and Microsoft. Almost every company focuses on hiring and recruiting star employees, but it is [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: American Cleaning Institute President and CEO Ernie Rosenberg
Ernie Rosenberg is president and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute, which represents producers of household, industrial and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning product industry. ACI’s The 2012 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention is Jan. 30 to Feb. 4 in Orlando, Fla. Rosenberg [...]
