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Improve to Lead: A New Leaderhip Phase
Phrases like “walk the talk” and “lead by example” are commonplace management and leadership language. These phrases provide frameworks for discussion on effective leadership. I’ve even used them in past articles. That said, I want to make the case today that it is not enough in today’s marketplace to simply “walk the talk” or “lead by example”. Both of these phrases lack the intent to change and improve. Change is always happening and continuous improvement is vital to our businesses today. Consider this alternative phrase instead: “Improve to Lead.”When have you ever heard the phrase, “improve to lead”? I can’t imagine you, or too many others, are nodding your heads right now and thinking, “sure, I hear it all the time.” A short analysis of the business books lining the shelves of the national bookstores and the public l

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Committees are great when they work and a terrible burden and experience when they don't. My philosophy on committees has evolved over time – I offer four key insights:

1) Committees should be formed around the current needs of the organization, not out of a Board book that says "every boa

Plastic Fundraising Cards: Powerful and Profitable
Plastic fundraising cards are proving to be very effective with many different types of businesses and organizations. These wallet-sized wonders are being created as a tool to raise money for charitable organizations, in addition to the flexibility of producing cards for gift, loyalty and membership marketing purposes.Plastic fundraising cards usually include a variety of discounts that are accepted through the participation of local, regional and national merchants in your target marketing area. A typical plastic fundraising card could retail for $10 and offer unlimited usage of special offers. In addition, special one-time or limited time offers can be provided by the merchant through the card. This type of offer frequently covers half the purchase price of the product or service.Some of the more popular retailer promotio

When a new nonprofit is created, the founder or founder(s) generally recruit a small group of people they know and trust to help get things going. These people often wear many hats ranging from janitor to baker to teacher's aide to board member.
As the organization begins to grow up, the lines become clearer between serving on the Board and volunteering in the program or office, though people will often continue to serve in multiple roles.
Up to this point the Board typically has 4-8, maybe 10, members and most discussions and decisions are made by the group as a whole or default to whomever is closest to the daily operations. Eventually, the Board realizes that in order to increase the impact of the organization, it needs to extend its efforts beyond its initial program efforts. That generally means more emphasis on fund raising, finances, marketing, and evaluation (proving that the organization is good at what it does).
For many organizations, this is when the discussion turns to recruiting board members with skills that complement the founding group and exploring an effective committee structure. For a small organization, Board committees can support the staff in key roles or actually do the work until funds are available for a staff person.
Committees are great when they work and a terrible burden and experience when they don't. My philosophy on committees has evolved over time – I offer four key insights:
1) Committees should be formed around the current needs of the organization, not out of a Board book that says "every boar
Cover letter NO NO's for Construction workers
When applying to any type of Construction Job, there are several things you should make sure you DO NOT do. Do not…….Make it too short. By pulling out the most relevant skills and abilities to the job, you can then elaborate and extend information on these. You want to show them you are capable of doing the job and have the skills and experience to be able to perform what they need.Make it too long. Do not waffle and put irrelevant skills, hobbies, and interests in, as this will not get you the job. Keep it short and too the point about any construction skills and experience you have. Keep it to one A4 page.Mass-produce your cover letter. Not tailoring your cover letter to the role and company will provide you with many problems. They will spot it a mile off and your application will surely go in the bin. Customisin
etween serving on the Board and volunteering in the program or office, though people will often continue to serve in multiple roles.
Up to this point the Board typically has 4-8, maybe 10, members and most discussions and decisions are made by the group as a whole or default to whomever is closest to the daily operations. Eventually, the Board realizes that in order to increase the impact of the organization, it needs to extend its efforts beyond its initial program efforts. That generally means more emphasis on fund raising, finances, marketing, and evaluation (proving that the organization is good at what it does).
For many organizations, this is when the discussion turns to recruiting board members with skills that complement the founding group and exploring an effective committee structure. For a small organization, Board committees can support the staff in key roles or actually do the work until funds are available for a staff person.
Committees are great when they work and a terrible burden and experience when they don't. My philosophy on committees has evolved over time – I offer four key insights:
1) Committees should be formed around the current needs of the organization, not out of a Board book that says "every boa
Hiring - Communicating in the Age of Interaction
Interaction today comes in two ways: human-to- human and human-to-information. As a natural extension of the Information Age, the Interaction Age has come with messaging capabilities and real-time conferencing supplementing office productivity. Yet with all of this technology at our fingertips, it is easy to lose sight of what makes essential and productive communication between team leaders and employees. Of particular concern is the kind of communication that focuses on the upward communication that leads to productivity and high performance.Everyone Has the SkillsAt great companies team leaders actively listen to employees. They also actively encourage employees to talk to each other, customers and to their leaders. The good news is that most people already have the skills to communicate to their team leaders; they simpl
operations. Eventually, the Board realizes that in order to increase the impact of the organization, it needs to extend its efforts beyond its initial program efforts. That generally means more emphasis on fund raising, finances, marketing, and evaluation (proving that the organization is good at what it does).
For many organizations, this is when the discussion turns to recruiting board members with skills that complement the founding group and exploring an effective committee structure. For a small organization, Board committees can support the staff in key roles or actually do the work until funds are available for a staff person.
Committees are great when they work and a terrible burden and experience when they don't. My philosophy on committees has evolved over time – I offer four key insights:
1) Committees should be formed around the current needs of the organization, not out of a Board book that says "every boa
Mailroom Solutions For The 21st Century
Does this scenario sound familiar? Your print shop went two days beyond the promised delivery date of your promotional materials. Your freight forwarder did not deliver before the weekend but showed up on the following Monday. Your assistant and the mail room person both called in sick for the next few days. You are now 5 days behind on a crucial 6,000-piece mailing to your distributors. The mailing included an invitation to your company’s special events at the upcoming trade show that is costing your company thousands of dollars. With our manual mail processing system, how will we get it out on time? Could this project have been saved?Whether a small business or a large corporation, the new generation of mailing supplies, mailing equipment and mailing machines, are designed to streamline your mailing procedures, boost efficiency
>For many organizations, this is when the discussion turns to recruiting board members with skills that complement the founding group and exploring an effective committee structure. For a small organization, Board committees can support the staff in key roles or actually do the work until funds are available for a staff person.
Committees are great when they work and a terrible burden and experience when they don't. My philosophy on committees has evolved over time – I offer four key insights:
1) Committees should be formed around the current needs of the organization, not out of a Board book that says "every boa
Why You Should Agree With Royalty Fees
Franchisees need to dismiss the notion that ‘royalty fees’ are an extra payment coming out of their pocket; they are a part of the process of partaking in the franchise system. It should be looked upon as the Franchiser share in profits derived from the consumer. The Franchisee gathers the royalty fee sum from the consumer along with the rest of the funds that keep the whole enterprise going.The royalty fee is another aspect of the business and no business would be in business if they were not making their money from the consumer. The consumer pays for the Franchisee’s overhead, costs of sales, salaries, and of course the profit. It all stems back to satisfying your consumer who ultimately pays for the business to run.The Franchisee should be happy to contribute back into the system that feeds them. A Franchisee should
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Committees are great when they work and a terrible burden and experience when they don't. My philosophy on committees has evolved over time – I offer four key insights:
1) Committees should be formed around the current needs of the organization, not out of a Board book that says "every board should have X, Y, and Z committees."
It is too common for a well-meaning board member to use a board book or their experience with another organization to create a board structure for your organization. While there are many committees that most organizations have in common, your first venture into committee work can be overwhelming if you try to catch up with a mature organization too quickly.
I suggest an organization look first to their mission and strategic plan. What needs to be accomplished? Where are you focusing most of your efforts over the next one to two years? Where can the board's work best benefit the organization? Common initial committees might be one that is externally focused - perhaps Marketing, PR, Fund Raising and one that is more internally focused, perhaps finance and developing board policies. This assumes that the Board officers are already acting as, at least, an informal Executive Committee handling Exec Dir evaluation and review and orientation of new board members. Using this approach, each committee can identify what it needs in new members and skills and work with the other board members to find and recruit those people.
The next committee is typically charged with program evaluation or planning a

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