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Want to be a successful CEO? Tell stories, take risks

Association heads discuss the skill sets of accomplished leaders at a CEO Update live executive forum held Oct. 8 CEO Panelists Richard Hunt, Peggy Smith and Steve Anderson discuss leadership issues at a CEO Update Live executive forum on Oct. 8.Photo credit: Leading Authorities Today's association CEO needs to be a good fiscal manager, an inspiring staff leader, an effective persuader-in-chief on advocacy issues and a member consensus builder. And that's just for starters. These days, a CEO also needs to be a "great storyteller," says Peggy Smith, president and CEO of Worldwide ERC, the workforce mobility association. That means that leaders should not simply… Read More