Category Association Insights

Peer Powered Board Meetings

December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Social Smarts, Spirit at Work, Topics, Training  No comments

The biggest threat to nonprofits is not declining membership, meeting attendance or sponsorship.
It is not limitations in volunteers, time or money, but a shortage of “Creative Democracy”.

There are few things more daunting than trying to run a CREATIVE board meeting.  Partisan politics, positioning, personal priorities and the occasional ego often bring progress to a standstill.  It is easy to get caught up in the illusion that these are people problems.

These are not problems of ill int...

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Does Altruism’s Influence Honesty?

December 15, 2021 Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Peer Powered Performance  2 comments

As we are inundated with yet another story of “Moral Flexibility” it seems appropriate to reexamine the characteristics of our own cultures.  Let’s begin with nine simple questions.

Which of these characteristics exemplify your team?

1. Strong group cohesion

2. Close personal connections

3. Self-policing

4. Robust privacy policy

5. High organizational esteem

6. Internal locus

7. Flexible metrics

8. Subjective operational assessment

9. Altruistic Intentions

If your team exhibits these characteristics, y...

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