What are the Executive Director’s Responsibilities?
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…
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…
Attending a board meeting for the first time can be eye-opening, and maybe a little intimidating, for those who have never experienced one before. It quickly becomes evident how much…
Board leadership is a dance. Slow, fast, graceful, awkward – an activity that can invigorate, tone, and occasionally damage the body. The “body,” in this case, is the organization –…
Among the three cycles of board work, the Board Development Cycle is at once very important to the long-term health of an organization, yet also often overlooked or under-emphasized. More…
(Article originally for BoardSource by Drs. Fred Laughlin and Bob Andringa) Which of the following two quotes from chief executives is more likely to apply to your organization? “I’d like…
Does technology make Executive Committees better…or potentially make them unnecessary? The answer: yes. Last month, a session on “Transformational Governance” led by author and governance guru Katha Kissman at the…
Much of the recent news around nonprofit boards relates to a situation with lessons for all of us, so how could we resist reference to the Sweet Briar College saga…
This is the final installment of our three-part series, “Leveraging Technology to Elevate Board Performance.” In this final segment, we examine how the board steers the organization toward success in…
Over the last two decades, governance -- the work performed by boards of directors – has become a more challenging endeavor than ever before. Overwhelmingly, resources are scarcer, requiring organizations…
Sometimes, despite good intentions, nonprofit boards miss the mark. Even when organizational decline is obvious to external stakeholders, the board fails to recognize the problem or solution. While most of…