August 26, 2019
August 26, 2019
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The New Communication Experience

It’s time to solve today’s problems. While you are busy serving many, who is helping you decide the next right move for your business–the business of credentials, professions and careers? Where do you turn when you need more than tactics and lists? When you realize “best practices” examples are about yesterday and […]
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September 4, 2018
September 4, 2018
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Burning Platform Issue—Everyone Has One

Photo by Adrian Smith on Unsplash This was the most intense, deep-listening summer in our firm’s history of 39 years and more than 40,000 meetings with boards of directors and staff-driven project teams.   Take a few minutes to explore what we discovered because it will be worth your time. Have you ever […]
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April 15, 2018
April 15, 2018
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Board of Directors—Learn These Lessons in Culture Before You Crash and Burn

The winners—the organizations that make good money and get on the “Best Places to Work” lists—they know what culture is and actively work it.  More now than in recent years, culture is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant factors in an organization’s success and sustainability. Lou Gerstner, Jr., former IBM […]
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March 23, 2018
March 23, 2018
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10 Signs You’ve Become a Horrible Board Member

You agreed to serve on the board of directors to make a difference.  You wanted to be part of something bigger than yourself. Maybe you also wanted to enhance your reputation–to be visible on a national stage. You pay for your own travel to meetings and give up both personal and work […]
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March 9, 2018
March 9, 2018
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Boards Have the Ultimate Power to Win, Change the Game or Corrupt

The dream job is one which allows you to make a difference, inspire others and share in the applause and cheers for the team you are on—every day. Good thing it’s so energizing because it takes a lot of energy and emotional strength to keep at peak performance—including weekend board meetings. I’ve […]
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February 5, 2018
February 5, 2018
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Most of All, Dazzle Me. Do Not Bore Me.

Why do I write for you? More to the point, why do you keep coming back for more and different and brain tickling insights, news, plus stuff you just can’t find anywhere else? Those who know me well and have ever shared coffee, wine or a moment in the hallways during a […]
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January 29, 2018
January 29, 2018
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Secret Sauce for Certification Enterprise Growth

Before jumping into the secret sauce with you in this post, please join me in thanking everyone who read the previous posts and sent “likes” plus comments, plus emails and clicked into the subscribe link.   What I write about next is totally coming from you—the ones who have a voice and participate […]
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January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018
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Big Changes in Credentialing Will Create New Winners

The indicators of change have been all around us for nearly 10 years and the past 3 years have been especially intense and significant for every CEO and board member that owns a certification enterprise, accreditation agency or other new form of the credentialing industry. In our consulting, writing and confidential conversations […]
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January 6, 2018
January 6, 2018
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After 14 Years of LinkedIn Trailblazing, A Change

Five years ago, after an all-morning meeting with about 75 members of the Certification Network Group, I moved the fascinating, stand-up conversation in the hallway with a handful of intensely, involved CNG volunteers, to a nearby bar. With the addition of one social media strategy—LinkedIn for Groups, nine years earlier (2003), we […]
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