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Below is a sampling of our articles that have been published by other organizations in a variety of areas. If there is an article we can brainstorm for your group, please let us know.

Communication

Leadership Development

Management & Change

Membership Recruitment & Involvement

Strategy

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We are working on a series of articles you can use in your printed materials or e-newsletter. We only ask that you include the credit information included at the end of each article.

Cultivating Effective Board Leadership
By Leadership Outfitters, Inc.
www.leadershipoutfitters.com

Setting and Communicating SMART Goals
By Leadership Outfitters, Inc.
www.leadershipoutfitters.com

How Do You Communicate?
By Leadership Outfitters, Inc.
www.leadershipoutfitters.com

When you approach a situation or task, how do you determine which action to take as well as how you gather information? Do you:

• Make quick decisions and take risks
• Examine the details and consider all options
• Care how others feel and build good teams
• Full of creative ideas, innovative and spontaneous

With all these different communication approaches, how will leaders with these different approaches get along? How do you adjust your communication style to accommodate others? It may be exhausting, but if you adjust or name your style when you communicate may actually help. However, using these styles as an excuse for a behavior doesn't cut it. Be authentic and be sincere.

How is Vision Linked to Mission?
By Leadership Outfitters, Inc.
www.leadershipoutfitters.com

What is Vision?
• Blue sky look - an image of what could be
• Forward looking and foresighted
• A standard of excellence - an ideal
• Uniqueness - What will make your organization special?

Vision drives goal setting
• What must we do to achieve the vision
• What must change?
• What must be added?
• What must be eliminated?

Mission drives decision-making

Mission Possible!
By Leadership Outfitters, Inc.
www.leadershipoutfitters.com

What makes a good mission statement? Brevity! Consider crafting a short mission statement that gets to the heart of what your organization does. A mission statement defines your purpose - why does the organization exist? Some inspired mission statements are:

• Disney - "make people happy"
• Walmart - "give ordinary people the change to buy the same things as rich people"
• Mary Kay Cosmetics - "give unlimited opportunity to women"

What best expresses the purpose of your organization?

Coach to First Class: Great Ideas to Upgrade Member Learning

SPEAKERS
Kathleen M. Edwards, CAE
President & Chief Navigator , CompassPoints | www.learningevangelist.com

Jill McCrory
Ringleader , Leadership Outfitters, Inc. | www.leadershipoutfitters.com

Whether members are frequent learners or occasional education "travelers," you can upgrade the quality of their experiences. Explore how to integrate learner expectations, dynamic learning environments and back-at-the-office implementation to enhance the practical value of your education events. Take home ideas you can use right away.

Here's a "sneak preview" podcast featuring Jill and Kathi: Download

friends & cool links

Without our friends, where would we be? Like you, we have industry peers that have become friends over the years. They have become friends because we share similar values and beliefs. If you have a need for any of their services, check 'em out!

American Society of Association Executives -- ASAE, known as the association of associations, is considered the advocate for the nonprofit sector. The society is dedicated to advancing the value of voluntary associations to society and supporting the professionalism of the individuals who lead them.
Cubicle Comedy -- Before becoming a comedienne, Jan McInnis spent 15 years climbing the corporate ladder . . . and she has the comedy act to prove it! From "control-freak" bosses to her assistant "calling in fat" and teambuilding exercises gone awry, Jan has lived it all!! And she tells it all from the stage. Jan also hits a nerve among audiences with her bits on growing up in a large family and day to day “stuff.”
Association Coach.com Dan Martinage, CAE is an Executive Coach and Consultant with nearly 30 years of experience in the non-profit arena specializing in strategic planning, leadership development, and qualitative research. A professionally trained Coach and Facilitator, Dan supports association executives in making more informed and strategic decisions.
Fast Company -- This magazine has collections of their best articles, hand picked by their editors. Whether you're looking for new ideas on leadership, career, or innovative strategies to improve your team and your self, this has been a great resource for us. Check out the Leadership search engine!
Focus Data Solutions, Inc. -- Focus Data Solutions delivers targeted email messages to receptive audiences for both the for-profit and not-for profit sectors. Focus Data Solutions explores and implements the best new technology and service models to provide our clients with advanced solutions to their unique messaging challenges.
Jim Collins, Author -- The best-selling author of Good to Great offers interesting exercises, articles, and audio files that are both practical and thought-provoking. Check out the "Tools to Use" section!
The Leadership Challenge - Jim Kouzes and Jim Posner's research had revealed five practices that are common when leaders are able to make extraordinary things happen. These are called The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®. They are: Model the Way; Inspire a Shared Vision; Challenge the Process; Enable Others to Act; and Encourage the Heart.
Marshall A. Brown and Associates, Inc. -- Marshall A. Brown, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), is committed to helping you find your purpose in life and to take charge of your career.

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