I was reading an article by Paul Connolly, in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the article, Connolly discusses how some people propose that the best thing you can fund in a nonprofit is the fundraising arm of the organization. Connolly suggests that tactic is short-sighted: This evidence is consistent with other research on nonprofit [...]
I am doing some work helping a local nonprofit organization transform their culture. One of the development tools I am using with them is based on one of my favorite management books First, Break All the Rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. I so appreciate that the messages they deliver are not just based [...]
This morning I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a seminar about evaluation, compensation and leadership development for nonprofit executives. The audience was composed of board members of various nonprofits. You can take a look at the presentation slide deck on the Transition Management Solutions website. I thought the most interesting part of the discussion centered on the assessment [...]
Too often there are complaints from Chief Executives of Nonprofit Organizations that some of their board members get overly involved in matters that do not fall within the scope of their role. The Board of Directors should delegate authority to the Chief Executive for the operations of the organization. Dan Pallotta recently wrote an article [...]
There are a lot of suggestions about how to keep board members and board meetings fresh. I read this article by Rick Moyers from the Chronicle of Philanthropy about “how to stop the board time warp.” I think the suggestions he gives below are good enough to pass on. Create an annual work plan for the board. The [...]
