I'm in the process of writing a long article entitled: Why Organizations Thrive.  The article details fifteen lessons I learned while growing the Oregon League of Conservation Voters (OLCV), buttressed by my observations of dozens of other groups both in Oregon and across the country. 

Collectively, I believe these lessons are a very useful set of principles that Executive Directors can use to improve their organization's capacity to fulfill their missions.

These lessons include topics such as June 2010's lesson:  Become the Best at Something and December' 2010s lesson:  Invest in Information Management Systems. 

You can view all of the lessons so far on my website.  

Lesson 11 is Transform your Organization Through One-on-One Meetings. 

I already devoted Lesson 2 to the subject of relationships.  Relentlessly Focus on Relationships outlined the importance of relationships, the ways in which an organization can systematically expand the number of people with which it has personal relationships, and the ways in which it can then tap into those relationships.

This lesson is more specifically on the power of individual one-on-one meetings to transform an organization. 

What do I mean by this?