Posts by Seth Kahan
Successful Strategy: Why it’s a Social Thing
Consider who needs to be on board for success. Your board of directors? The senior leadership team? Particular committees? Indispensable coalitions like these have the potential to create the kind of zeal that trickles down to all participants, large and small. Igniting this flame is key to successful execution. Understand that it travels socially, between individuals and through morale. The investment must come through the coalition’s social web.
Read MoreContent and Process
Which is more important to get right, content or process? Is it better to do the right thing or do things right? Well, there are plenty of times where one or the other is most important, but in the vast majority of cases you have to get both right or you will suffer. This weekend…
Read MoreThe Visionary Leader’s 3 Areas of Core Development
Consider these three areas as a focus for you as you start your week. Where would you get the greatest bang for your buck as you plan your work ahead?
Read MoreMonday Morning Mojo: Self-Transformation
If you have ever had a goal that seems out of reach, beyond your ability, self- transformation is the key to succeeding. Self-transformation is the ability to intentionally provide yourself with experience that increases your abilities.
Read MoreWhat is the Most Powerful Tool for Change Leaders? [Video]
In his latest VisionaryTalk.com video, Seth Kahan speaks to self-transformation of ambitious change leaders.
Read More3 Important Initiatives – What it takes to be a leader today
Going for a stroll in the wilderness earlier this week, with my son and dog, and an insight clearly emerged: The leaders I have been working with for the last 20 years are working on three important initiatives:
Read MoreInnovation among Mission-driven Organizations
Seth Kahan opens for leaders in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. at Leading Learning 2015, created by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele of Tagoras.
Read MoreAssociation Leaders Must Innovate in a Disruptive Marketplace
Right now there are innovators in Silicon Valley building apps that will capture membership to create frictionless, renewable revenue for their organizations. It is a threat all association leaders should take seriously. Some of these savvy innovators are household names—LinkedIn, Facebook, and Meetup—and there are hundreds of others, lesser known or unknown players, tomorrow’s biggest names in tech.
Read MoreThe Axis of Vulnerability
Last week I was in Tampa with a group of colleagues. We meet every five months or so to help each other with our business strategies, all solopreneurs like myself with advanced practices. Almost as soon as we gathered we created a visual that we called the Axis of Vulnerability to describe our work at its best. It resides at the intersection of four attributes:
Read MoreIs Your Business Silly or Innovative?
We get used to silly, nonsensical things… or do we? I am flying out of Phoenix tomorrow and received an email from American Airlines to remind me to check in. Click here, the message says and I do. It tells me that I have come to the wrong website and the flight is being managed by their recently merged partner US Airways, so I have to click to go to the US Airways website…
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