Membership Leadership & Governance

Running a small association can be a challenging experience. You need to be an expert on your product/service, on finance, on management and leadership, on networking etc.​ ​Against that backdrop, having to manage recruitment is often viewed as a necessary evil - it needs to be done; it provides the lifeblood of your company – but no-one actually likes having [...]

This is the last instalment of our three-part series looking at the findings from our recent report leading through the pandemic – how membership organisations have met the challenge. For anyone who hasn’t read our previous articles, we have just released a new report with our strategic partners Rise Above, to explore how leaders [...]

In our previous article - Leading through the pandemic – how leaders of membership organisations have met the challenge, we introduced you to our new report and the first two sections of the report. For anyone who hasn’t read this first article, we have just released a new report – Leading through the pandemic – how membership [...]

In this pandemic year, the private and the public, the personal and the impersonal have been collided, liberated, and constrained as never before. Everything is exposed to the light. The digital world that was already surging in importance has exploded into relevance. During our work with membership organisations, we have seen the challenges and [...]

More and more, organisations are recognising that by placing sustainability at the heart of cost management and procurement solutions, it can improve cash-flow, increase customers, inspire employees, reduce risk and enhance reputations. Strong ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) credentials will become increasingly important. Balancing operations, innovation and membership ambitions with effective cost management, spend, [...]