Journal of Association Leadership Articles

You Go First

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:15:15 GMT

While a number of for-profit companies have already started to see the payoffs of a strategic social responsibility effort, including greater engagement and innovation, the journey is just beginning for associations and nonprofits. If your organization is contemplating such a strategy, here's a closer look at how three companies-Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Motorola, and UPS-have already provided tangible ROI to both themselves and the world.

Small-Staff Association Executive Assimilation: Integration Determines Tenure

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:11:57 GMT

A new executive, particularly at associations with few staff, must understand and integrate into the culture of the organization, a process that has a reasonably well-defined roadmap but can be quite lengthy.

Confrontation Is Not a Dirty Word

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:11:32 GMT

It's time to take the negative connotation off the word "confrontation," and claim constructive conflict as a sign of organizational health.

A Closer Look at Board Governance

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:09:12 GMT

When there's change on the horizon-especially when that change is something as significant as new competition-organizations need the combined wisdom of their volunteer leaders and staff executives the most. But what if you inherit a board that is used to serving more as a rubber stamp than a rudder?

Shedding Old Governance Structures

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:26:16 GMT

A behind-the-scenes look at how the Institute of Food Technologists used knowledge-based decision making to transform the way it governs itself.

From the Editors

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:24:36 GMT

From the Editors of the Summer 2008 Journal of Association Leadership

The Baldrige Model: An Integrated and Aligned Systems Approach to Performance Excellence

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:52:07 GMT

Making a good association great requires a performance management system that focuses on sustainability and innovation.

A Question of Relevance

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:00:00 GMT

How well associations will be able to sustain themselves in the decades ahead is a matter of considerable debate in the association community. With this in mind, JAL thought it would be a good time to take the pulse of the community by asking seven leaders representing a variety of organizations to respond to a single open-ended question: What will make associations relevant in the 21st century? Below are their responses. What messages do they send about what comes next for your association?