Gail Perry 23 Habits of High-Performing Nonprofit Boards

By Gail Perry

The board can enjoy outings and site tours together.
They can get together for a holiday social at someone's home.

12. CEO. All boards hire and manage their CEOs as one of their principal duties. In addition, the best boards have strong CEOs whom the board members like and trust.

The board as a whole stands by its CEO.
The board feels that it is in a partnership with the CEO, not an employee/boss relationship.

13. Group process. The best boards pay attention to the intangible issue of "group process"—how the board members work together as a group. They understand that some people are heard more than others and the informal communications that usually happen outside board meetings.

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Gail Perry Author's page Gail believes in parties first, rabble-rousing second, and having fun while changing the world. Gail Perry CFRE is an international fundraising coach, speaker, trainer and thought-leader. She is a leader in a new breed of fundraisers who are on the cutting edge of fundraising today. Her Fired-Up Fundraising approach, developed over the past 25 years as a nonprofit philanthropy expert, has helped organizations raise hundreds of millions in gifts. Gail's practical and refreshing approach to raising money in today's world is based on the very latest innovative fundraising strategies. An inspirational and popular speaker, she leads energizing fundraising workshops and board retreats around the globe. She particularly enjoys working with nonprofit board members, introducing them to a new perspective on fundraising and ways they can be successful at it. Gail's book, Fired-Up Fundraising, has been called the "gold standard guide to building successful fundraising boards." Gail got her start in fundraising at Duke University, and then went on to lead fundraising at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can read Gail's weekly blogs at FiredUpFundraising.com, and also find her provocative articles at FundraisingSuccess, Guidestar, and Capital Campaign Magic.

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