The executive director role is uniquely different from members of the board, other managers, and employees, yet this role is connected with all of them. In forming a list of interview questions, it helps to think about the duties that an executive director is expected to perform and how that role relates to, and interacts…
Our Guiding Principle Series draws to a close with a focus on Mobility. Over the past few months, we’ve looked at how these principles drive feature development and elevate the performance of boards. This month, we close the series by focusing on mobility, a keystone of our guiding principles.
When the executive director of a sizeable nonprofit organization mentioned his board chair had stopped speaking to him, I was speechless. For the third time in as many years, I had heard the same confession from a nonprofit executive and was reminded how personal board leadership is. And how precarious the board chair/chief executive relationship…
Why is it that stuff seems to multiply and accumulate during the winter? On the kitchen counter. On the shelf in the living room. What is all that junk? Who brought it in the house? Maybe it is our nesting instinct? Good News: Spring is upon us and with Spring comes the urge to open…
Large or small, every board of directors should hold an orientation for new board members because it benefits the organization, including the scope of people it serves. All boards have a unique set of dynamics and expectations. An effective new board member orientation will be carried out by key individuals using a specific structure. Regardless…
As a whole, the board of directors bears a legal responsibility to govern a corporation. Fulfilling that responsibility encompasses many individual roles and responsibilities. Each board member brings different strengths, talents, and abilities to the board. When board members merge…
As a whole, the board is collectively responsible for moving the company towards forward progression by directing the company’s affairs. A Non-Executive Director shares many of the same responsibilities as an Executive Director, but he/she is not an employee of the company and is not a part of the executive management team. Non-executive Directors have…
State corporation laws require every corporation to designate a corporate secretary. Corporate law allows corporations the latitude to outline the powers and duties of the Corporate Secretary in their by-laws. While corporations can customize the job description of the Corporate Secretary, we can identify some general industry guidelines.
I’ve been asked a lot lately what a chief executive officer or nonprofit executive director needs from his / her board chair. My response is pretty simple: someone who has the organization’s best interests at heart and is open to having frank – but supportive – dialog about the things that keep the CEO awake…
To pay or not to pay? That is the question…which heated up a surprisingly emphatic conversation between two longtime colleagues and consultants in nonprofit leadership. On the topic of severance pay for nonprofit executives, each of us was unwaveringly correct, confidently justified, and temporarily naïve. Now, having compared actual experiences that challenged our philosophical approaches,…
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