by Tom Okarma | Nov 7, 2013 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership
Probably the most frequent problem Executive Directors and Development Directors face are directors that do not help with fundraising. This complaint is always number 1 or 2 when I ask leaders about their most serious board problems. The other problem is directors who...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 2, 2013 | Board Development, Leadership
Time to set the tone for the new year. Your budget and goals may be set, but how about your board? Unless you want the board to simply roll into 2014 and repeat its (good, or average, or poor) performance from 2013 you’ll need to do something to “up their...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 9, 2013 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning
It won’t come as a shock to many of you that I am a big sports fan. Always have been, always will be. For the record, I pull for any team with “Chicago” on its jersey–even soccer-tho I have no idea why people like that sport. And yet, while I...
