DEI Under Pressure

DEI Under Pressure

by | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized

In 2025, diversity speaker and consultant Risha Grant lost most of the business that it had taken her three decades to build. Grant founded her own online platform to deliver her message. Photo courtesy Risha Grant Risha Grant describes herself as “diversity...
Closing the Loop on Your Sustainability Performance

Closing the Loop on Your Sustainability Performance

by | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized

Editorial Note: This is the final blog in a five-part series based on IAEE’s “How To Guide to Sustainable Exhibitions,” a toolkit that offers exhibition organizers a practical, step-by-step framework for adopting and advancing sustainable practices to reduce...

Making the Business Case for Coaching

by | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized

A one-to-one investment can yield enterprise-wide returns—but only when the rationale for it is rooted in strategy. By Tina Schust Robinson I am a coach. I incorporate coaching into how I teach, train, and present. I have a coaching mindset. And I love it when my...

Why Leaders Should Embrace Imperfection

by | Aug 7, 2026 | Uncategorized

AI and the economy are pushing organizations toward streamlining and efficiency, but success often comes from a messy start. It hasn’t happened yet, thank goodness, but I fear at some point I’ll receive an email promoting the virtues of “associationmaxxing.” All the...