The challenge you face as a conference organizer or meeting planner is taking on the role of being a ridiculously in charge rock solid leader. Or not! You can decide to be a meetings’ transactional order taker and fulfiller. You may decide that's all you want to do for the rest of your life. Or you can decide to be a leader. The choice is yours. Six Questions To Assess Your Strategic Brain If you decide you want to be a leader, you'll need to work on your strategic brain and strategic … [Read more...]
Become A Ridiculously In Charge Rock Solid Conference Leader
Every person in a team is a leader. ~ Alison Levine, 2015 PCMA Convening Leaders. Leadership matters! Whether leading an entire conference team or working in a meetings department as part of a team, leadership matters. So are you a conference leader? Do you lead others in a way to get their brains, hearts, minds and souls to see a strategic picture that leads to results? Or do you just follow others' directions allowing whatever to happen? You Choose Your Role The challenge you face as a … [Read more...]
Letting Go Of Past Conference Planning Experience To Foster New Ideas
I have a fairly inquisitive mind. I like to ponder things and ask tough questions. Wondering who, what, why, why not, how and when. I’m always chewing the cud so to speak. Thinking about how to improve things. Make them better. Thinking About Questions And Experiences I think a lot about how to improve a conference attendees’ education experience. I know that the traditional conference lecture doesn’t work. The research and science says so. Still, lectures are the currency of … [Read more...]
Eight Terribly Common Association Breaches And Breakdowns
Sadly, and all too commonly, many associations appear to suffer from the equivalent of attention deficit disorder. If you know someone with ADD, you know what happens when s/he exerts energy in the absence of focus, goals and vision. Many associations are like this as well. They suffer from Organizational-ADD. It all starts with the executive brain—the association’s leadership. This includes volunteer leaders—advisors, board, committee chairs, committee members—and staff. What is required … [Read more...]
Five Learning Agility Traits You Need To Keep From Failing
In today’s world of high velocity change, conference organizers, meeting professionals and association leaders need to be more agile than ever. Adapting to new business models, working with virtual teams, identifying ongoing macro, industry and organization trends that will impact customers, and using predictive analysis are just some of the traits today’s leaders need. In short, being more agile and flexible are critical to success. Defining Learning Agility How stuck are you in your … [Read more...]
Technology Mastery Is A Must To Succeed Today
Many of you will lose your leadership position in five years or less unless you embrace three major technology areas needed to survive. ~ paraphrase author, business owner and technology guru Scott Klososky. Leaders today are going to be forced to make a choice: either they will improve their technology vision and culture or they will not survive says Klososky Don't believe him? Consider the following fact: The average tenure of a US CEO is 4.2 years, less than half the average tenure of … [Read more...]
When Leaders Really Matter [PPT]
Here is the PPT slide deck from my recent presentation for CoreNet Global Summit-Orlando on "When Leaders Really Matter: Becoming Indispensable." When Leaders Really Matter: Becoming Indispensable from Jeff Hurt What are tips you've learned at becoming an indispensable leader? How can you identify complimentary skills to your strengths? … [Read more...]
How Do You React To Change?
We are living in revolutionary times! Often, these changing times require a fundamental shift and reinvention of how we live, work and play. Yet, not everyone copes with change the same way. Six Coping Mechanisms For Change Here are six coping mechanisms identified by author Hans Finzel in Change Is Like A Slinky. 1. Hold Out These people don't want change to occur. Everything is fine the way it is. They deny that change is even occurring. They are hoping that the past will return. 2. … [Read more...]
