Layoffs can leave remaining staff with twice the work
For those receiving them, pink slips mean the end of a job. But for employees who escape managements cuts, layoffs often mean just the oppositemore work. Staff reductions at associations and private firms often equate to the same amount of work being shared by fewer employees, a consequence of downsizing that can cause employee burnout, say some association executives and career consultants.
Read MoreLongtime Chicago association leader dies
John Francis Garde, who had served as executive director of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 18 years, and was leading the group again on an interim basis, died July 21 from pancreatic cancer, his association announced. He was 73. The death was sudden, as Garde had been diagnosed with the disease only a week before he died, according to AANA representatives. He lived in Park Ridge, Ill. Garde spent more than 50 years in health care, starting as staff anesthetist at the U.S. Public Health Hospital in Detroit in 1958.
Read MoreMany groups report lowered Q2 spending on lobbying
Despite increased legislative activity in 2009, including major bills on health care, banking, climate change and the stimulus funds, many associations reported decreased lobbying spending in the latest quarterly report to Congress. Of the nearly 700 major associations, nonprofits and unions tracked by CEO Update, 30 percent spent less in the second quarter than in the first quarter of 2009and that was an unusually slow spending quarter.
Read MorePharmacist group CEO readies for health care resolution
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U.S. interim management organization launched
Tapping a market already successful in Europe, Executive Director Chris LaCorata has founded the Interim Association as the first American group devoted to the interim management industry, those executives who lead organizations through transitional periods. LaCorata said he is building the group based on a European model, where the use of interim leaders is a billion-dollar industry, growing on average 20 percent yearly in the past decade.
Read MoreWenhold backs revisions in OMBs stimulus lobby rule
Dave Wenhold, president of the American League of Lobbyists, expressed satisfaction with the July 24 Office of Management and Budgets revised guidance to President Obamas March 20 memorandum barring government officials from speaking to registered lobbyists about stimulus funds. In a change from the original guidance, the OMB expanded the communication ban to cover non-registered lobbyists, including business leaders, while pruning it to apply only while bids for funds are under government review.
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