Collaboration, decision making, communication, influence skills, and conflict management. These are just a few of the critical skills needed for effective leaders and successful organizations. This presentation will include examples of specific leadership development strategies that engage and develop leaders to ensure that the organization has the talent they need to deliver results today and in the future.
We will collectively discuss strategies and potential outcomes and hear and react to what actually happened. In addition, legal updates will be interspersed throughout the session.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only thrown a huge monkey wrench into associations’ planned in-person meetings and conferences, but has also thrown a big curve ball into association governance. From canceled membership meetings to virtual board meetings to online elections to an inability to meet governance requirements imposed by law, bylaws or policy, associations are struggling to find answers to a host of pressing governance questions. As you navigate these issues for your own association, where do you find these answers, what are practical, workable solutions to these significant challenges, and what will constitute compliance with the law and your own governing documents?
Highly functional organizations and individual’s successful careers never really stand alone, but it takes the deep development of advisors and finding trustworthy mentors along the way. In this session we’ll venture into insights for the key skills of collaborative leadership, developing mentoring relationships, and building your own personal advisory board. Attendees will walk through the transition from leadership theory to approachable application, and start mapping out the advisors they may need in their organization or career!
Associations provide education, advocacy and other “published” member benefits, but with loneliness reaching epidemic numbers in recent years the real opportunity to be a valuable asset to members is through the community and connectivity an association can create. Associations are perfectly situated to reduce the spread of toxic loneliness, and teach individuals how to be part of and contribute to a thriving community! Twenty-eight percent of young employees are frequently or constantly feeling burned out at work, a 7 percent increase over older generations. More specifically, seven in 10 Millennials experience at least some burnout at work. More than 90 percent of Generation Z prefer to have a human element to their teams, either working solely with innovative co-workers or with co-workers and new technologies.
Understand how developing personas and engagement scoring from available demographic and behavioral data, with a focus on motivations, needs, and other factors help provide a better overall picture of what persuades physicians to action (such as joining/renewing, purchasing a product, or utilizing a member service). See how these concepts can be combined to strategically segment audiences, identify and target priority groups, and produce more effective messaging that resonates with both current and potential members.
During these exceptional times, organizations need strategic guidance to ensure minimal disconnect between business operations and member expectations. You may have a strategic plan in place and are already in the integration phase. Now is the time to review and retool the plan to align with current conditions and anticipate future demands.
How can you adapt your plan and involve your key stakeholders virtually? In this session, learn how one executive is analyzing her organization’s strategic plan from 2019 and discussing potential adjustments to key stakeholders. Now is the time to review your organization’s alignment with the mission, business operations, and the strategic plan integration.
Conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion and the role of racism and privilege in our society has been amplified in recent weeks following tragic events and protests in cities throughout the United States. This has prompted medical societies leaders to reexamine their actions, policies, culture, beliefs and biases. Join us for this critical conversation about the state of associations – where we are and where we can go. Discover key insights from a newly-released Association Forum/McKinley Advisors study on opportunities and obstacles associations and must overcome in order to be more inclusive and diverse.
During this webinar, Sherry Budziak, CEO of .orgSource and Kevin Ordonez, President, .orgSource will discuss how being a digital leader has never been more urgent for associations to remain relevant. Adapting an integrated digital strategy and the way you work can make the difference between business continuity and a meltdown.
In today’s cost-conscious environment, it’s more important than ever to emphasize the value of membership to your organization. Quantifying the dollar value of your benefits and services and comparing that figure to annual dues provides a compelling argument to prospective and current members alike, who can quickly and easily see their current or potential return on dues dollars. Learn how TMA created its own online ROI calculator and start proving your association’s worth!
Each year, in nearly every state, non-physician health care professionals lobby state legislatures and regulatory boards to expand their scope of practice. While some scope expansions may be appropriate, others definitely are not. Through resources, research and the Scope of Practice Partnership, the AMA has what you need to advance your scope of practice advocacy agenda.