Board

An effective board embodies credibility and confidence in its institution. It’s one to which leaders aspire to serve; one that knows its strategic role, its fiduciary role and where members leverage their influence to help secure support and engagement.

Governance committees are becoming the center of board member recruitment and officer selection.

While it’s essential to have nonprofit executives who understand how to lead, it’s also vital to have the right board leadership.

The question that comes up repeatedly: How long should someone serve on a nonprofit board?

Nonprofits, like society, have experienced a lot this year.

Few executives believe their board members read what they have mailed or put in the board portal ahead of a board meeting.

Now is the time to build resilience into our systems, allow for adaptation along the way and master change management.

There’s one thing that we’ve realized during this most uncertain of years. There’s been much disruption and chaos.

BoardBuild has announced the addition of 8 new board members.

In this Leading the Board column, I want to discuss the role of budgets in an organization and its meaningfulness to a nonprofit board.