Leadership

Specific Leadership Topics:

• Human Resources
• Leadership Development Programs
• Operations
• Regional Leadership
• Volunteer Management
• Women in Chambers

ACCE Resources

• Horizon Initiative: Chambers 2025: Discusses eight influences that will shape chambers of all sizes over the next decade.
• Catalytic Leadership - from the Horizon Initiative: Chambers 2025 issue of Chamber Executive magazine (Spring 2015)
• Chambers 2025 Video: Catalytic Leadership
• ACCE's Mentoring Toolkit and Mentoring Program
• Certified Chamber Executive – Certification Process from ACCE

General Resources for Chamber Leaders

• Your Chamber of Commerce: A Guide to Starting and Growing a Chamber of Commerce from the U.S. Chamber
• Chamber of Commerce Resource Guide: An Executive's Guide to Running a Chamber of Commerce from the Wyoming Chamber Partnership
• Leadership Toolkit - from GovLeaders.org
• American Management Association - Leadership in Times of Crisis
• American Management Association - CEOs: Don’t Waste Your Time Being Average
• American Management Association - 10 Critical Questions for Change Leaders
• American Management Association - A Model for Driving Innovation in your Organization

Articles & Books

• Tales of Renewal - by Chris Mead, Chamber Executive magazine (Winter 2017)
• Are Boards Looking for a Change Agent? - by Ali Crain, CCE, Chamber Executive magazine (Spring 2016)
• Many Paths to Leadership: Conversations with Women Leaders - by Susan McGuire, Chamber Executive magazine (Spring 2016)
• Judge a Chamber by Decades, Not Years - by David Adkisson, CCE, Chamber Executive magazine (Winter 2016)
• Three Tips for Brand-New CEOs - by Mark Athitakis, Associations Now (March 2016)
• Career Building for the Chamber Professional – by Eric Peterson, Waverly Partners
• How to Fix these Peculiar Problems?, by Mick Fleming, Chamber Executive magazine (Fall 2015)
• Mobilizing on Multiple Fronts, by Gary Broome, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2015)
• Others First Legacy and Lessons in Leadership, by Ian Scott, Chamber Executive magazine (Winter 2015)
• Doing Business the Right Way, by Anthony Parkes, CCE, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2014)
• Changing Generations Mean a Changing Workplace, by Josh Dukelow, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2014)
• Some Thoughts on Millennials, by Chris Bruhl, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2014)
• Mick on Memories, by Mick Fleming, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2014)
• It's All in the DNA, by Betty Nokes Capestany, Chamber Executive magazine (Summer 2014)
• Mick on Networks - by Mick Fleming, Chamber Executive magazine (Spring 2014). Tagline: Networking is not a chamber by-product. It is the product.
• The Critical Role of Ethics in Business - article by Sarah Sheila Birnbach (May 13, 2014)
• Why I’m a Raving Fan of Institute for Organization Management - article by Marianne Virgili Chamber Executive magazine (Spring/Summer 2013)
• 5 Quick Organization Management Lessons from 2013 - blog post by Annette Medlin, Membership 180 (December 31, 2013)
• Education: 8 Principles for Leadership, by Ian Scott, Chamber Executive magazine (Fall 2012)
• Catalytic Leadership - Chamber Executive magazine (Fall 2012)
• Seize the Day: Leadership Fundamentals to Keep Chambers On Pace Until Good - Chamber Executive magazine (Spring 2009)
• How Do You Measure Up to What Matters Now? - by Cathi Hight. Briefly discusses the need for associations to reconnect with members and consider how to deliver value in a changing landscape.
• Your First 100 Days as CEO - Chamber Executive Magazine (February 2005)
• The Most Effective CEO - Chamber Executive magazine (January 2004)
• Anchors Aweigh - Chamber Executive magazine (March/April 2003)
• I Just Took Over a New Chamber… Oh My God! - Chamber Executive Magazine (November/December 2002)

Convention & Seminar Resources

• Don't Live Your Life, Lead It! - Handout from presentation by CeCe Clark, Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Author, from the 2015 ACCE Annual Convention
• 2014 Operations & Leadership Track Pack (5 Sessions) from the 2014 ACCE Annual Convention, available for purchase through the ACCE Store, includes tracks on:
• Successes in Transportation Work
• Your Staff: Here, There, and Everywhere
• See also Your Staff: Here, There and Everywhere presentation by Anna Brewer, Director, Administrative Compliance, Insperity
• Civility Now
• See also Civility Now presentation by Lindy Broderick, CCE, CAE, Executive Vice President, Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
• Moon Missions: Creating Your Community's Future
• See also Moon Missions: Creating Your Community's Future presentation by Cathi Hight, President, Hight Performance Group
• How Tomorrow's Leaders Will Inspire Communities
• See also How Tomorrow's Leaders Will Inspire Communities presentation by Bill Graham, President, Graham Corporate Communications
• How Tomorrow's Leaders Will Inspire Communities - presentation by Bill Graham, President, Graham Corporate Communications, from the ACCE 2014 Annual Convention
• Cultivating Diverse Leaders - ACCE 2014 Annual Convention panel moderated by Tony Vedda, CEO of the North Texas GLBT Chamber, with panelists Harold Boone Sr., M.Ed., Vice President, Minority Business Development, Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce; Sonya Hughes, Vice President, Inclusion & Community Leadership, Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce; and Valerie Patton, Vice President, Economic Inclusion, St. Louis Regional Chamber
• Montgomery Area Chamber Handout
• St. Louis Regional Chamber Handout
• Wish Someone Had Told Me - panel discussion from the ACCE 2014 Annual Convention
• Civic Innovation Shaping Communities for the 21st Century - PowerPoint presentation by The Honorable Glenda Hood, Founding Partner, and Shelley Lauten, Founding Partner, TriSect, LLC, at the 2013 ACCE Annual Convention, workshop on "Six Steps to Civic Innovation"
• Earning Your CCE - PowerPoint Presentation by Raymond Burns, Ben Haskew, and John Carlson, from the ACCE 2013 Annual Convention
• Operations Leadership Track Pack (6 sessions) from the ACCE 2013 Annual Convention, available for purchase through the ACCE Store
• Talent War 2.0: Transition Planning, Presentations from the ACCE 2013 Annual Convention
• Talent Wars 2.0: Transition Planning - PDF presentation by Market Street Services
• Talent 2.0: Transition Planning Resources - PDF list of resources from Market Street
• CEO Forum presentation - by Dr. Lance Secretan, from the ACCE 2012 Annual Convention
• "Deathbed Confessions" - keynote speech by Mick Fleming, from ACCE 2012 Annual Convention
• Chambers of Commerce in 2022 by David May - presentation from the Denver 2012 Sales Training

Videos, Webinars & ACCE U Resources

• CEOs as Urban Statesmen - TEDxAtlanta talk by former Metro Atlanta Chamber President & CEO Sam Williams
• The Certified Chamber Executive Program - ACCE University Webinar (free)
• Building an Effective Mentorship - ACCE University Webinar (free)
• Help! I Joined the Chamber - Now What!? - ACCE University Webinar (free)
• How Great Leaders Inspire Action - TEDx talk by Simon Sinek
• Leading Change - ACCE University Webinar (free)
• Leadership Today: Your Leadership Style and Working with Multiple Generations in Your Organization - ACCE University Webinar (free) and presentation slides from Ali Crain, Executive Director, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives
• Managing & Motivating the Next Generation - ACCE University Webinar (free)
• ACCE University's YouTube channel

See Also

• ACCE's Certified Chamber Executive (CCE) program - Learn more about how to earn the only national certification for chamber professionals.

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Last Updated: 2/12/2017