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Making Tough Calls On Difficult Nonprofit Board Members

Making Tough Calls On Difficult Nonprofit Board Members

by Tom Okarma | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership

Leading Nonprofit Board Members Is Not Always Easy Sooner or later, every nonprofit leader has a problem with a board member. How this issue is dealt with separates the successful leaders from the rest of the pack. You may find certain nonprofit board members are...
The Illusion of Control: Facing The Realities of Nonprofit Governance

The Illusion of Control: Facing The Realities of Nonprofit Governance

by Tom Okarma | Jan 10, 2018 | Blog, Governance, Leadership

Once I became a leader, it did not take long to understand just how powerful, yet simultaneously powerless, I was to impact the future. On one hand, I led an organization of 350 people and was responsible to see that we were headed in the right direction. On the other...
5 Nonprofit Challenges and How To Fix Them: #4 – Avoiding Mission Drift

5 Nonprofit Challenges and How To Fix Them: #4 – Avoiding Mission Drift

by Tom Okarma | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog, Governance, Leadership

Challenge #4: Avoiding Mission Drift   Every nonprofit organization started out with a mission. We all want to affect meaningful change and make a difference in the world. But sometimes, the stresses of working for a multi-faceted organization with many moving parts,...
What Should Your Board Be Doing?

What Should Your Board Be Doing?

by ingauge | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership

Do you know the Board of Directors Role for Your Nonprofit?  The board of directors role in an organization can make or break it. Many will agree that individual directors and boards as a whole, play key roles in the success of a nonprofit agency. And yet two of the...
Is Your Board a Little Too Close for Comfort?

Is Your Board a Little Too Close for Comfort?

by Tom Okarma | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog, Board Development, Board Meetings, Governance, Leadership

Most nonprofit board of directors fall into two categories —  Governance boards and Working boards. Both have important responsibilities. Either can be necessary at times.  They can each can be the perfect board for a nonprofit, based on the agency’s characteristics,...
Is Your Board Going Bad? 8 Things You Need to Know…

Is Your Board Going Bad? 8 Things You Need to Know…

by ingauge | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Board Development, Board Meetings, Governance, Leadership

You’re likely a nonprofit leader, an executive director, maybe a board chair. At minimum, you’re probably on the board. You’ve helped to lead your agency for a long time and things have gone well, other than the periodic crisis you’ve had to...
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