Current & Aspiring CEOs Gather at NE/SAE Program

Nearly twenty current and aspiring association CEOs and Executive Directors gathered at the Doubletree by Hilton Boston-Westborough on November 6th for NE/SAE's fall leadership program: Becoming a CEO & Thriving in the Position. 

During this intimate program, attendees learned about the qualities, skills, and techniques of being a successful staff leader in the association management field. They shared challenges and opportunities commonly faced by CEOs and discussed ways to address them together. 

Attendees left with a variety of takeaways and action items, including: 

• It helped inspire me to try to be a better leader and have a better leadership presence.
• Better understanding of the association complexities and challenges so I can better serve my association.
• It helped me see that the issues that I am facing aren't so different than the issues facing other small staff associations.
• I plan to re-evaluate how we distribute workload in our organization, and attempt to streamline and make roles more clear.

A special thank you to our facilitators: Cynthia Mills, FASAE, CAE, CMC, CPC, CCRC, Founder, President & CEO of The Leaders' Haven, and Gregory J. Fine, FASAE, CAE, Executive Vice President and CEO of CCIM Institute.