Board Membership is a Team Sport
One of the members of a board president’s peer learning circle I facilitate recently asked, “What tools are there to help keep a board president motivated?” I confess that in all of my years of facilitating learning circles of board presidents and of one-on-one conversations with board presidents, that question has never been asked.
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There are really two questions here, the first being how does a board president stay motivated about the mission? If direct engagement with the mission—seeing it in Read more
For Good Board Presidents Only
This is an open letter to good board presidents only. Define good board presidents as those who really understand their role as a board president, as well as the role of the board. They are the ones who are in it for the right reasons (ensuring the best delivery on mission promises as possible) —and not the wrong reasons (ego, power-trip, etc.).
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When was the last time you sat with your executive director and asked him/her how things were going? Asked Read more
