NABE - News of Interest https://www.nabenet.org/news/default.asp Thu, 4 Jun 2026 01:38:33 GMT Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:46:00 GMT Copyright © 2023 National Association for Bar Professionals Think Like a Solo https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=644819 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=644819 Expectedly, solo attorneys face different challenges than attorneys who practice in larger firms. However, there may be value for attorneys in firms of all sizes in understanding and acknowledging how solo practices are structured. John Trimble, a senior partner at Lewis Wagner, authored the article  “To be a better lawyer, think and practice like a solo” for Indiana Lawyer magazine.]]> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:46:00 GMT Change Management https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=639190 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=639190 “A social defense is a collective, and hardly conscious, effort to preserve traditional features of an organization—legacy structures, strategies, or cultures that make leaders feel proud and their followers feel safe. People invest in those traditions because they give them a familiar if not always comfortable place, a sense of order and predictability, and even an identity. New leaders must understand their organizations’ social defenses, and develop sensitive strategies to work through them, if they want to usher in the change they were hired to bring,” according to Gianpiero Petriglieri, associate professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD. Read his Harvard Business Review article on “Driving Organizational Change— Without Abandoning Tradition” here.]]> Tue, 2 May 2023 17:33:00 GMT Association Revenue Overview https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=636914 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=636914 How are association teams growing revenue? If you are curious about how associations are faring when it comes to the financial performance of their membership, events, and non-dues revenue programs, this report from Professionals for Association Revenue may be of interest.

]]> Fri, 7 Apr 2023 17:10:00 GMT Making the Most of Mistakes https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=635791 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=635791 “What if businesses could learn from their worst mistakes without actually making them? How might the same progress and innovation occur, without firms incurring the costs associated with such errors? The results of a recent study about close calls in health care suggest that when people feel secure about speaking up at work, incidents in which catastrophe is narrowly averted rise to the surface, spurring important growth and systems improvement,” says Kristen Senz, growth editor for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. She discusses “How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make” here.

]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:07:00 GMT Share with Your Members: In or Out of Office https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=631245 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=631245 In a recent Bloomberg Law column, Rob Chesnut, former general counsel and chief ethics officer at AirBnB, asks, “Is your organization going back to the office because its leaders have always worked in an office and don’t trust employees to get the job done independently? Or can you outline specific reasons to believe that the work will get done better in-person?” He offers his advice on office attendance policies here.
]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2023 21:06:00 GMT Share with Your Members: Talent Management https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=631244 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=631244 “When a key law firm or department member leaves, the resulting vacancy can pose a threat to both productivity and profitability. To minimize any related downtime, firms and in-house entities must be able to quickly locate a qualified replacement. Utilizing a passive recruiting approach to find candidates long before there’s a need to hire them can help,” says writer Erin Brereton. She shares more on “Staying One Step Ahead of Talent Demands”  in this Legal Management magazine article.
]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2023 21:05:00 GMT Culture Considerations https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=630354 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=630354 “The churn continues. This may be the year that COVID-19 restrictions fully ease, the hybrid office settles, and the supply-chain crisis dissipates. But for now, all those challenges remain in place, and it’s having an impact on retention,” says Mark Athitakis of Associations Now. He discusses “Why Staff-Culture Leadership Means More Now” here.
]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2023 20:57:00 GMT Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=628959 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=628959 Emotional intelligence is both an inherent and a learned skill and cultivating a workplace culture that values emotional intelligence could better your organization. Read more about "How to Cultivate Emotional Intelligence as a Strategic Leader" here.

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:47:00 GMT Your Underused Office Space https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=625662 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=625662 With a move to a more hybrid work environment, are you finding yourself with extra office space? This Associations Now article provides guidance for those discussing what to do with unused space.

]]> Fri, 9 Dec 2022 21:05:00 GMT Dealing with Difficult People https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=625661 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=625661 Part of being a professional in the working world means that we are often required to deal with difficult people. Sometimes it is a colleague, and other times it is a volunteer leader. In this blog post, Amy Gallo, author of the book Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People), offers some advice. Hint: It involves empathy.

]]> Fri, 9 Dec 2022 21:04:00 GMT Three Meeting Types https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=618762 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=618762 Our new work environments are less about whether you are at home or at the office, and more about maximizing three different meeting types, according to Amy Bonsall, CEO of Collective. She shares more on each meeting type here.

]]> Fri, 7 Oct 2022 16:05:00 GMT Employee Promotions https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=618761 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=618761 “Not every employee thinks of 'promotion' the same way. For execs, that’s an opportunity to rethink how you assess staff and set goals for them,” says Mark Athitakis of Associations Now. He discusses “How to Lead a Staffer Who Doesn’t Want That Promotion” here.

]]> Fri, 7 Oct 2022 16:04:00 GMT Creating an Inclusive Conversation Culture https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=615813 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=615813 “Association professionals are beginning to return to a shared workspace—and they’re doing so in a social landscape that’s different from what it was when they left,” says Associations Now’s Michael Hickey. He says that an inclusive and trusting environment is needed in order for staff to feel comfortable discussing sensitive topics, and he explores “Creating a Workplace Culture That Welcomes Sensitive Discussions” here.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2022 20:56:00 GMT Talking About Quiet Quitting https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=615811 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=615811 One of the current corporate buzz terms is “quiet quitting,” a concept where employees only do what their job requires and what they believe is commensurate with their level of compensation. Employees aren’t quitting their jobs, per se, but rather rebuffing hustle culture. Read more, including what experts say managers should know about the trend, here via The Washington Post.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2022 20:54:00 GMT Making Your Team Take a Timeout https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614792 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614792 The pandemic found workers across the country spending more time on the job and leaving their hard-earned vacation time on the table. This BBC story discusses why some companies are making it mandatory for their employees to take vacation days.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:35:00 GMT Avoiding the Echo Chamber https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614791 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614791 “The higher leaders go, the more likely they are to find themselves in an echo chamber, surrounded by people who think like them and agree with them. This occurs partly because of the affinity bias, which leads us to favor, associate with, and hire the people to whom we feel most similar," writes executive coach Dina Denham Smith. "This dearth of diverse perspectives is further compounded by a couple of issues: problem-solving methods that lead to groupthink and the difficulty of establishing psychological safety. Collectively, these forces can result in leaders getting stuck in an echo chamber.” Learn how to break through the echo chamber in this Harvard Business Review article.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:28:00 GMT Share with Your Members: Law Firm Leases https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614110 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614110 “For law firms looking to renew their office leases, the outlook has never been sunnier. A pandemic-induced oversupply of commercial space has landed on the market at the same time professional organizations need less room to get their work done, thanks to the acceleration of hybrid work arrangements,” writes business journalist Phillip Perry. Read more on how to negotiate your next lease in this article from Legal Management magazine.
]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:21:00 GMT Collaborating with Colleagues You Dislike https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614108 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=614108 In an association environment, staff and volunteers from all different backgrounds come together to work on a variety of initiatives, where personalities sometimes clash. This Harvard Business Review article discusses “How to Collaborate with People You Don’t Like.”

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:20:00 GMT Empathy & Accountability https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=608877 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=608877 According to management consultant Phillip Kane, the most successful leaders are those who know how to combine empathy and accountability. He explains how to employ both in this article for Inc.

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:34:00 GMT Handling Hard-Charging Leaders https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=608875 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=608875 “Leaders take on difficult roles because they’re expected to be firm and considered decisionmakers for their organizations. But there are distinctions in how leaders arrive at and express their decisions. And how they handle those decisions can have consequences,” says Associations Now editor Mark Athitakis. He discusses “The Problem With Hard-Charging Leaders” here.

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:32:00 GMT Leadership Styles and Top Tensions https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607716 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607716 Most leaders have a set leadership style, but as new at-work tensions arise, leaders may need to navigate between more traditional styles and emerging leadership styles. Learn more in this Harvard Business Review article.
]]> Mon, 6 Jun 2022 21:11:00 GMT Being a Better Boss https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607714 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607714 “Great bosses change us for the better. They see more in us than we see in ourselves, and they help us learn to see it too. They dream big and show us all the great things we can accomplish,” says TalentSmart founder Dr. Travis Bradberry. In this article for CNBC, Dr. Bradberry offers “10 things great bosses do every day.”
]]> Mon, 6 Jun 2022 21:09:00 GMT Measuring Association Success https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607202 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607202

Are your initiatives moving your association closer to your goals, or are you simply checking off tasks on a checklist? Forbes Nonprofit Council offers advice on prioritizing tasks to move your association forward in this article.

]]> Tue, 31 May 2022 21:48:00 GMT Help with Hiring https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607198 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=607198 Need some advice and insight on the hiring crisis? Blue Avocado, the online magazine of the Nonprofit Insurance Alliance, is offering a free online program to address the issue across our sector. Register here.]]> Tue, 31 May 2022 21:47:00 GMT Leading in a Virtual World https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=606143 https://www.nabenet.org/news/news.asp?id=606143 "To be an effective leader, show your trust and respect for the people you manage," offers Nicholas Lazzaruolo of The NonProfit Times. "Your team members should know that you have complete confidence in their ability to fulfill their responsibilities. Go out of your way to show confidence through positive reinforcement. Respect your team's personal time and circumstances. Being flexible and understanding your staff members' personal needs demonstrates your trust and your respect for them and their situations." Lazzaruolo provides four essential tips in this article.

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