Succession is an issue that as a CEO I have been thinking about for some time. I wonder who the new leaders are going to be? I wonder if we are properly developing our current leaders to be leaders of the future? I wonder, as does the
Read more →We can talk about governance partnership and how working together improves mission and performance. We can write about governance partnership and describe the how a relationship between leaders improves governance. Now we can hear what governance partnership might sound like when two leaders are playing together to
Read more →Every nonprofit organization has a governance system! More accurately, a governance operating system. Just as Windows 7 powers most PCs and Snow Leopard powers Macs, the governance operating system powers the nonprofit organization! The Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program defines governance as “…the system of management and
Read more →Of all of the books I read in 2010 on Governance and Leadership, here are my top five: The Truth about What Nonprofit Boards Want by June Bradham. The author identifies nine myths about boards and then responds with the truth. My favorite myth/truth was Myth#4: CEO
Read more →Jeff Hannah of Touchstone Executive Development interviewed me on his internet radio/video show called Leadership Cocktail. Over the course of the hour we explored topics in nonprofit leadership, the evolving role of the board of directors, creating a partnership between the board and the CEO, and developing
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