by Mary Byers | Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Strategies for Success
When I learn that a group of past presidents is working against an association change initiative, one of the first questions I ask is, “How did they learn about the change?” Often, the resistance isn’t to the change—but to the fact that they haven’t been kept in the...
by Mary Byers | Feb 3, 2016 | Blog, Conversation Starters, Radical Change
I attended two meetings this year in which I witnessed past-presidents—some of whom are retired and no longer even in the field—put the kibosh on forward progress for the associations they once proudly served. Thus, the problem of past presidents.They have power. They...