Courage is Part of the Job

When Your Board Isn’t Governing Well, Who Says Something? The Board is avoiding an important issue. The Chair is shutting down difficult conversations. Management is operating without appropriate accountability. Decisions are being made without enough information....

Building Trust from the Boardroom

Why Transparency Matters in Member-Based Nonprofits In membership-based nonprofit organizations, trust is not simply a “nice to have.” Trust is the foundation that sustains legitimacy, engagement, and long-term success. A Board’s fiduciary duty is to act in the best...

How to Have Short Meetings

Essentials for Productive Board and Committee Work We’ve all been there: Someone puts up a PowerPoint at a meeting, says they won’t read it all and then proceeds to recite the whole thing word for word…sigh. Or maybe the Chairperson says, “Let’s keep this quick,” but...