by Tom Okarma | May 3, 2018 | Board Development, Board Meetings, Governance, Leadership
Get Your Board On The Right Track I have found many nonprofit boards are just a few steps away from seeing high impact results. With a few adjustments, these organizations are capable of delivering transformational change to those they are trying to help. They have...
by Tom Okarma | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership, Uncategorized
How Should You Lead Your Board Of Directors? After serving on several boards and consulting with many others, I have seen common problems or decisions made by leadership that resurface again and again. These issues hold boards back from giving their best effort and...
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...
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...
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,...
by ingauge | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
Do you know the Board of Director’s Role for Your Nonprofit? The board of director’s role in an organization can make or break it. Individual directors (and boards as a whole), play key roles in the success of a nonprofit agency. Yet two of the most...
