From Strategy to Action: Building your Association's Playbook for Alignment and Accountability

Does your association have a strategic plan that looks great on paper-but struggles to come to life in the day-to-day? What most organizations need isn't another plan-it's a clear, shared playbook for how staff and volunteers lead, collaborate, and move priorities forward. In this interactive session, leadership expert Melissa O'Hara introduces the Organizational Health framework based on Patrick Lencioni's research, with a focus on the Six Critical Questions every team must answer. Participants will see how these questions can serve as a practical playbook to keep staff, boards, and volunteers aligned-even as leadership and committees change. This session will provide a guided worksheet-giving participants tools they can start using right away to create alignment and build healthier, more effective organizations.

What You’ll Learn:

• The six essential questions that drive clarity and consistent direction
• Explore how to use these questions to bridge staff and volunteer roles, ensuring responsibility and accountability are clear
• Identify where their own organization may be stuck and begin drafting a playbook page they can take back to their team
  
  

Investment: $45: Members ($75: Non-Members)

Presenter: Melissa O'Hara

Melissa is a seasoned business professional who is passionate about motivating and inspiring others. After more than two decades of business success, she founded the O'Hara Solutions Group to help organizations, individuals, and teams solve complex problems and take bold action. She is known for her unmatched ability to design and deliver leadership and learning experiences that take teams to a whole new level - building cohesion and increasing their capacity to accomplish key business goals. An expert trainer and facilitator, Melissa has provided live workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom; and facilitated virtual events across the globe. Melissa's broad knowledge and unique skill set allow her to combine tools and techniques from a variety of fields and disciplines. With her distinctive style and holistic approach, she guides clients through a process that allows them to see new possibilities, find flexible solutions, and achieve accelerated results.

Published by the New England Society of Association Executives

Associations North is a CAE Approved Provider. This program may be applied for ONE credit toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements. N

Note: This program is not endorsed, accredited, or affiliated with ASAE or the CAE program. Applicants may use any program that meets eligibility requirements in the specific timeframe towards the exam application or renewal. There are no specific individual courses required as part of the applications – selection of eligible education is up to the applicant based on his/her needs.

Pending. Credit has been submitted and is pending approval with the Certified Association Executive Credential for 1.0 CAE credit.