| Category : Board Development |
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| Title : Get your board to embrace its governance role |
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The Challenge : Nonprofit boards go through three phases. In the first phase, there is
an organizing board that is small, homogeneous, and not very
involved in governance. In the second phase, there is a
governing board that is larger, more diverse, and.... |
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| Category : Board Development |
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| Title : Ensure that your board evolves with your organization |
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The Challenge : It is now recognized that just as nonprofits pass through
identifiable organizational phases, so do nonprofit boards. In
broad terms, there are three phases in the life cycle of a
nonprofit board:
1. The organizing board
2. The governing board.... |
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| Category : Board Development |
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| Title : Motivate your board to take the reins of leadership |
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The Challenge : Most organizations follow one of two main board governance
models. The first is the CEO-dominated model, which is
characterized by a strong CEO who exercises ultimate authority
while the board plays a more deferential role. The second is.... |
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| Category : Board Development |
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| Title : Strengthen your board members` emotional attachment to the Organization |
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The Challenge : A recent study of board effectiveness* found that nonprofit board
members who were motivated by an emotional attachment to their
organizations were more likely to to make larger financial
contributions, donate more hours to the organization, have.... |
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| Category : Board Development |
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| Title : Help focus your board on the key decisions it needs to make |
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The Challenge : Over the past 20 years, different schools of thought regarding
the nonprofit board-executive relationship have prevailed.
Previously, experts believed that the chief executive should
run the show with the board in tow. More recent views.... |
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