Nine Ways To Become A Better Board Member Today
In my ongoing work with many kinds of boards, I continue to stress the need for board members to understand and embrace best practices in effective board service. In an article for ASAE’s Volunteer...
View ArticleJean Frankel featured in NCAA Magazine
Jean S. Frankel is featured in the NCAA Champion Magazine, Summer 2013. Frankel has been retained by the NCAA to assist in governance redesign and other management consulting related activities. Read...
View ArticleLessons From the NCAA Governance Restructuring Project
Read the original post on the Association site Think it’s hard for your board to work effectively? Try doing so while under constant scrutiny from the public and media—and even Congress. That’s exactly...
View ArticleAFTER ARRESTS, CAN FIFA BE FIXED?
June 1 2015 Original Article – Associations Now by Rob Stott With FIFA under the microscope like never before, an association governance guru—with experience overhauling umbrella sports...
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IFA Senior Partner Vinay Kumar’s New Book
Ideas for Action Senior Partner Vinay Kumar’s new book, Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence: How Extraordinary Leaders Build Relationships, Shape Culture and Drive Breakthrough Results,...
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Dr. Mark Tierno appointed president of MacMurray College
Ideas for Action is proud to share the announcement of Dr. Mark Tierno as the new president of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois as of June 30, 2015. Ideas for Action Senior Partner and...
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Seven Ways New Non-Profit Leaders Succeed The First Year on the Job – Part 1
Nearly half (46 percent) of new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) receive little or no help from their boards when first taking their positions, according to a recent survey by the Bridgespan Group....
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Seven Ways New Non-Profit Leaders Succeed The First Year on the Job – Part 2...
This is the second in a series of three blog posts providing you with timeless steps for getting off to a good start with your own onboarding program. In Part One here we discussed leader listening and...
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Seven Ways New Non-Profit Leaders Succeed The First Year on the Job – Part 3...
This is the third of three blog posts offering you timeless steps for getting off to a good start with your own leadership onboarding program. Part One covers 1) leader listening and 2) communicating....
View ArticleBecoming a More Effective Leader – Part 1 of 3
Becoming a More Effective Leader By Vinay Kumar and Jean Frankel As leadership coaches, we find that many forward-thinking, growth-minded leaders want honest constructive feedback so that they know...
View ArticleHot Tips for Strategic Planning
It’s your job to set the association’s future direction. These tips will get you started. by Jean S. Frankel (Originally published in Associations Now) What is strategic planning? It is a process of...
View ArticleAre You Flying Blind? The Challenge of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Second in a Series on Leadership Feedback By Vinay Kumar and Jean Frankel Have you ever had an experience similar to this? It’s late in the day and your day has been spent in some very important...
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Why Making A Vision Board is the Smartest Thing You’ll Do This Year
Why Making A Vision Board is the Smartest Thing You’ll Do This Year by Vinay Kumar, Elizabeth Lucas, Deborah Nystrom When successful athletes execute any winning moves, they repeatedly visualize...
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What You Need to Know When Negotiating Your First Contract Extension
by Alan Davis and Jolene Knapp Did you know that negotiating your first contract extension as a nonprofit CEO is one of the most impactful conversations you will have with your board? It is customary...
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Considering Executive Coaching?
Considering Executive Coaching? What kind of coaching is right for you? Get the facts – not the hype. By Judith Dozier Hackman , Senior Partner at Ideas for Action, LLC Coaching is an increasingly...
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Leveraging the Tetris Effect for Better Relationships
Leveraging the Tetris Effect for Better Relationships By Guest-Blogger Sarah Osteen of SparkStrategyLLC As a teenager in the early 90s I wasted many evenings playing Tetris – the electronic game where...
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Tools for 360 Degree Vision and Foresight
By Jolene Knapp, Senior Partner at Ideas for Action, LLC. Foresight is a leadership imperative. Here are some tools that will help you strengthen and grow your ability to stay attuned to and make sense...
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Ecommerce options for Non-Profits
Guest Post By Kevin Sprague, Marketing Strategist at Ideas for Action, LLC and Creative Director at Studio Two. I work with many non-profit organizations. Over the last decade I’ve developed new...
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One Overlooked Element that Can Stop or Supercharge Any Project
By Deb Nystrom, Senior Partner at Ideas for Action Leaders know that good data is essential to good decisions. But what data? Data is the first of four elements from a simple acronym DPPE. It stands...
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Research for Assessment and Planning (Oh my!)
An Ideas for Action blog series on research tools, realities, outcomes, and pitfalls, and navigating your way through it all. Co-Authored by Judith Dozier Hackman and Mela Dutka, Partners at Ideas for...
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