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Podcast Episode 004 – Mickey Hirten – Importance of the Board President to the Reinvention Process

Podcast Episode 004 – Mickey Hirten – Importance of the Board President to the Reinvention Process

By PureReinvention on Nov 17, 2014 in Board of Directors, Board President, Disruption, Leadership, Ownership, Podcast, Reinvention, Stakeholders |

In this episode, Mike Bills, Owner and CEO of MB Strategies – (www.mbstrategiesllc.com) talks with Mickey Hirten, President of the Board of Directors, Michigan Press Association (http://www.michiganpress.org/) about the role and responsibilities of the Board President in reinvention.

Main Take-Aways:

1 – The Board of Directors have a huge role in reinvention.

2- Use disruption as a positive to move the organization forward.

3- Ownership of the process must go beyond the operational level and extend to the political level.

4- The role of the president is to lead in accepting the role of ownership in the process at the Board level.

Next episode: December 1, 2014, Jodi Schafer, SPHR, Owner, General Partner – Human Resource Management Services.

Produced by: Will Carlson, WillPower Consulting (www.williamrcarlson.com)

Tom Daldin

Producer / Under the Radar Michigan

Tom Daldin

If you're in business for yourself or looking for a reason to do it, these podcasts are a jolt of inspiration....you just need to bring the perspiration!

Julie Novak

Chief Executive Officer / Michigan State Medical Society

Julie Novak

The things that I learn from the podcasts and from the things that you guys do have definitely been an inspiration to me.

Dru Mitchell

CEO / Clinton County Economic Alliance

Dru Mitchell

I worked with Mike to apply the PureReinvention process to identify and resolve issues with our board and other leaders to move things forward.

Sherry Bryan

Senior Sales Account Executive / Small Business Association of Michigan

Sherry Bryan

What I learned is that if I set my mind to it, I can do anything!

Amanda Toy

Associate Director of Sales / Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau

Amanda Toy

I learned that you should never be afraid to make a change if your heart is in it and I also learned to give back and be a resource to others and its important to surround yourself with successful people so you can learn from them.

Wendy Bradley

Owner / Zoe Life Spa and Salon

Wendy Bradley

Thoroughly enjoyed the day. It was great to get away and reinvent myself to move forward.

Whitney Spotts

Promotion Coordinator / Schuler Books

Whitney Spotts

There was so much I’m taking away from today. I think a really big piece of that is you don’t have to do it yourself. In fact, the people who are really succeeding and pushing ahead are not doing it themselves. They are relying on the expertise and knowledge of people around them, relying on other peoples’ points of view to keep them open to possibilities.

Bonnifer Ballard

Executive Director / Michigan Section - American Water Works Association

Bonnifer Ballard

One of the reasons that I follow PureReinvention is because it has forced me to start thinking differently about that association world.

Larry Alexander

President and CEO / Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau

Larry Alexander

It’s important to have a number of different groups be a part of the reinvention process. It’s the blending and the melding of those knowledge bases in the reinvention process that helps the city or any organization move forward at a much more rapid pace.