FEATURED COLUMN: @NonProfit
6 Approaches to Innovation for Nonprofit Boards
'It is necessary to have board members, “who are diverse across their dimensions: demographics, cognitive and intellectual abilities and styles with professional skills and experiences.' ...
Why Are Some Nonprofit Boards Missing the Mark? What to Do?
“Management Capture” occurs when a board too readily accepts a delusional view from management that organizational performance is significantly better than reality." ...
Nonprofits: What Role Should Board Members Play in Overviewing Management / Staff Talent?
"Maintaining a viable talent strategy to assess staff and management personnel is a board responsibility, albeit one that is often ignored." ...
Questions For Nonprofit Board Meetings—And Why They Are Needed
"Knowing the right questions to ask at a nonprofit board meeting is a critical part of a board member’s responsibility." ...
Changing the Game: By “Spreading the Good”
"It was a moment of revelation for me. Art was a place/topic bridge where people could meet and talk about life and their experiences. Art created a “safe place” to ask questions and muse on the answers with others." ...
Do Today’s Business Leaders Make Effective Nonprofit Directors?
"Is it true that well-regarded representatives of the business world are often surprisingly ineffective as members of nonprofit boards? Do they seem to have checked their analytical skills and their “toughness” at the door? If this is true in a considerable number of cases, what is the explanation?" ...
The Impact Mental Health Issues Have On Your Finances
"Mental health problems can be difficult to handle on your own. It’s important to create a trusted support system around you to help you get through. A support system will allow you to face your mental health issues in a more positive way." ...
Developing A Sustainable Nonprofit–Post Covid-19
An analysis of the current pandemic environment should be a clarion call for nonprofit board members. It can be summarized in a couple of...
Eliminating the Nonprofit Board’s Addiction to Micromanaging
Micromanaging is the DNA of many nonprofit boards. It all starts with the community model culture of start-up periods. Board members have to assume...
Eliminated and Resurrected
Funny thing happens when your job gets eliminated. You go from Starbucks fresh brew and buying French lace bras at Saks to Dollar Store...
