I had a board member from a nonprofit organization tell me that their board decided they should stop focusing so much on performance measures and consider other means of evaluating their executive. After I stopped choking on the water that I happened to swallow at that very moment, I asked her why? She said [...]
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 [...]
As usual, I spent part of my morning reading the wires to see what I should suggest my nonprofit friends read. Wow, if you have not yet read Dan Pallotta’s blog post in the Harvard Business Review “Our Ineffectiveness at Measuring Effectiveness” make sure you do soon. Dan discusses some very key points about how [...]
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 [...]
