Our newsletter is specifically designed for association or corporate executives. Have you ever wished you could privately discuss a sensitive board or organizational issue with someone from outside your organization? Well, the Executive Survival Guide provides you with exactly that forum!

All to often good people lose their jobs because they couldn't recognize and manage the internal and board politics surrounding their position. Job loss is as much about personalities and perception as it is job performance. Every executive must be aware of the brush fires that inevitably start behind the scenes and find ways to strengthen their position bey handling the situation correctly.

In This issue . . .

As association executives, we have a great profession in that we have the opportunity to work and become friends with hundreds of people. We have all made acquaintances and friendships which will endure long after we leave our current position or retire. But, it seems that we just can't avoid meeting some people in our profession who have to make things difficult by interfering when entirely inappropriate, ignoring protocol or basic rules of courtesy or simply acting mean. My guess is you will recognize some people who fit the descriptions below when we talk about . . .