Posts Tagged ‘Nonprofit Boards’

I hear the complaints wherever I go, from board Chairs and executive directors.
 
What’s wrong with our board members. I can’t get them to come to meetings. I can’t get them to follow-up on commitments they make. I can’t get them to fund raise.
 
These complaints are so prevalent, that there must be something wrong with the [...]

In this time of recession, it is understandable that nonprofit Board of Directors and staffs are worried. They are seeing government contracts being reduced or cancelled. Their requests for foundation grants are being denied. Special events, which they counted on to bring in the bulk of charitable income, are falling dramatically below expectations. Some are [...]

Why isn’t it working? Agencies seek out top business leaders to put on their Board, hoping that they will bring their professional acumen to the Board room-often only to be disappointed.  Did these leaders check their business experience at the door?  Why do they often make such poor business decisions in guiding the agency’s future?
After [...]