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How association CEOs can build their executive teams

The senior team is not always what it can be; here are tools to raise the bar on your team's performance Kahan In the 1990s, when I worked at the World Bank, I witnessed the phenomenon of the lone genius. Here was a leader who had exceptional capacity in a specialized area, capable of extraordinary results, but leading alone. Along came the internet. Collaboration increased. Interconnectivity enabled teams to share information in real time. It was a sea change: Teams of leaders outperformed the lone genius. Similarly, in today's associations, the CEO is augmented by the leadership team. We still need leaders at the top, but a capable executive team multiplies impact. The… Read More