So, you want to be an association CEO? Your first task is to ask yourself, “Why?”“In order to get what we want, we first need to know what it is that we want,” said Kathleen DuBois, leader of the nonprofit, government and education practice at consulting firm Wipfli.“There’s a career path to get from where you are to one day being a CEO, but why is it that you want to be the CEO? What is the passion, the knowledge base, the skill set behind all of that, and who do you need to become in order to excel one day into the role of CEO?”CEO candidates need to understand that the skills that drive success in an organization’s top role are different from those in department… Read More