Consulting Services for Associations, Foundations, Certification Entities, and Non-Profit Organizations

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Books

Board and CEO Roles for Achieving Association Goals, published in 2016, is a comprehensive how-to manual for leadership in the association world. It includes the unique perspective of Mr. Westman, who has significant experience both in the trenches as an association CEO and the broader view that comes from him serving as an external consultant to scores of associations. It also includes perspectives from many well-respected association CEOs and key service providers that target associations as clients.

Association leaders need:

  • Awareness of what it means to be an association leader, including fiduciary roles they may not realize they have.
  • An understanding of the challenges they will face in undertaking their governance roles.
  • Nitty-gritty how-to recommendations, including tools and templates, to help them perform well and keep their focus on serving members.
  • Guidance on how to partner with the CEO and other staff in building the best association possible.

This book addresses these needs in a comprehensive manner, including practical recommendations that have been battle tested. For a preview of an example chapter, please click here. If you are interested in purchasing this book, you can order online through ASAE or Amazon using the links
below:

ASAE

Amazon

Presentations

Mr. Westman has developed and delivered presentations addressing a wide range of governance enhancement and operational improvement topics. Click on this link to see an inventory of Mr. Westman’s presentations which can be delivered to your association leaders.

Following are example PowerPoint presentations available for download:

Association Governance Current and Best PracticesDownload
Innovation in AssociationsDownload
Is A Business Excellence Office Right For YouDownload
Succession Planning and Career Management – It’s Not Just For the Big Boys and GirlsDownload
Utilizing Benchmarking Effectively to Improve Your OrganizationDownload
> Presentation List

Webinars

Mr. Westman is in the process of developing and recording a series of archived webinars targeted at board members and other association leaders addressing fiduciary roles and other topics of interest. Click on the links below to preview portions of two presentations. Contact Westman & Associates for pricing relative to the full versions of these and other presentations.

Articles

Click on the links below for full-text articles addressing various governance and performance improvement topics.

5 Ways an External Interim CEO Can Improve Leadership Transitions – Published in Associations
Now PlusDownload
A Story About Steps — Published in WorkspanDownload
Best Practices for Continuing Virtual Operations After COVID-19 Download
Board Governance: The Effect on Business-Development Strategies – Published in Commercial
Lending ReviewDownload
Charming the Worker Bees — Published in Engineers Digest MagazineDownload
Creating Win-Win Strategic Partnerships – Published in Board ForwardDownload
Decision to Build or Lease – Published in FORUM MagazineDownload
Designing a Systems Approach to Performance Management — Published in CUPA JournalDownload
Grooming an Internal Candidate to Become the Next CEO — Published by American Society for
Association Executives in November, 2017Download
Innovative Employee Compensation Methods to Motivate Employees — Published in The
Quality ObserverDownload
Legally Speaking_Best Practices for Using Your Legal Counsel — Published in May edition of
FORUM MagazineDownload
Looking Up and Staring Down — Published in FORUM MagazineDownload
Onboarding An Investment in Your TeamDownload
Performance Management in the Board Room — Published in Western BankingDownload
Playing Hardball with the Big Boys — Published in WorkspanDownload
Rx for Improving Patient Satisfaction — Published in MGM JournalDownload
Seven Steps to Successful Performance Management — Published in ACA NewsDownload
The Dynamic Duo for Human Resources Management – Published in FORUM MagazineDownload
Using a Balanced Scorecard to Manage Risk — Published in FORUM MagazineDownload
Using Gainsharing to Motivate Generation X — Published in ACA NewsDownload
Understanding Current and Best Practices in Association Governance – Published in FORUM
MagazineDownload

Practice Management Tools

Helpful Links

The following websites have excellent content in terms of educational resources, programs, practice tools, and networking opportunities:

American Society of Association Executives

Association Forum

BoardSource

Michigan Society of Association Executives