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Governance Is a Journey: How APICS Built Trust, Resilience, and Growth

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When Abe Eshkenazi stepped into his role as CEO of APICS in 2006, he inherited more than an organization facing financial strainhe faced a governance structure mired in distrust and inefficiency. Reflection for Your Association: Are you viewing governance as an ongoing process or a one-time fix? No surprises.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. It’s a structure that preserves accountability.

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Is your organization creating bad leaders?

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Bad organization design is not just a structural flaw; it is a leadership hazard. The Trap of Misaligned Structures When an organizations structure does not align with its strategy, leaders are forced to work against the grain. As a result, the company fell behind competitors who had better-aligned structures.

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Why constant interruptions are killing your strategic thinking

Fast Company Tech

Without time to reflect, innovation suffers, and leaders struggle to connect disparate ideas or generate fresh insights. To support this shift, I developed a structured approach that helps leaders pause, reflect, and see things differently before diving into the next wave of demands.

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Creating Your 2025 Roadmap to Excellence 

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Align Goals with Member Needs: Ensure your goals reflect what matters most to your members. Create a Timeline with Milestones and Deliverables A well-structured timeline provides clarity and focus. Set Clear, Measurable Goals: Define success metrics that are specific, actionable, and adaptable as your association grows and evolves.

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Aligning People. Building Culture. Driving Change. 

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Its reflected in every interaction, process, and decision. It must be supported by structures, systems, and people who are equipped to act. Thats the foundation of momentum. Building Culture: Designing an Environment Where People and Ideas Thrive Culture is what defines how your organization feels, operates, and evolves.

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Success and wellness tips for Black fundraisers

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Recently, the challenges of the work, like race and gender biases, imbalanced power structures, and increasing political polarization have left me exhausted. We advocate for our communities while operating within systems that may not always reflect our values or experiences. But what if we reframed how we approach this work?

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