Series: ‘Symposium Lessons’

“Making Connections” was the subtitle of a presentation I gave at The Orchestral Musicians Symposium here in Phoenix yesterday.

The main goal was to demystify some of the myth and mirth behind Web 2.0. The bottom line is that if you are a musicians association and you are not taking advantage of all that the online [...]

Many times, less is more.

If you are looking to fix a problem, a plan of action is required. Aggressively attacking a problem without a plan can waste a great deal of time and energy. It can also be disastrous.

Sometimes even in the most thoughtfully planned circumstances we might catch ourselves drifting – a little nudge [...]

In pop psychology an interesting term comes up – “enabling,” as in do not enable an addict by supporting their habit in any way, shape or form.

Quite frankly, the word has gotten a bad rap – enabling can be a good thing too!

Enabling your leadership to perform well, for instance, can empower not only the [...]

It is not fun when an organization you are in falls apart. It does happen sometimes. Companies fold. A chamber group breaks up. Workers go on strike.

At the recent Orchestral Musicians Symposium some true horror stories were told. Representatives from the Phoenix, Tucson, Arizona Opera, New Mexico and Spokane orchestras gave updates of their current [...]