by Tom Okarma | May 21, 2013 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Board candidates and directors want to serve on boards that make an impact but not all of them are willing to pay the price to either exercise, or follow, authentic leadership to do so. And, unless you provide challenging and meaningful board experiences to your...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Board Chairs, Directors, and Executive Directors: Heads Up! I am pretty familiar with a substantial nonprofit that I think is making a big mistake. I see this happening from time to time in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. And the results of their doing...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 11, 2012 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
What would be the ideal composition of your board? What skill sets should you have represented by board members that you can therefore leverage to your organization’s advantage? What does your board development committee look for in a board candidate? I’m currently...
by Tom Okarma | Mar 8, 2012 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Working with a nonprofit recently, I asked to see a copy of its organization chart-you know, the chart depicting how things are organized. As soon as I saw it, I became leery. The chart listed the names of people, rather than the departments they lead. This is often a...
by Tom Okarma | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
For new board members, lead directors, and board presidents, I recently came across an excellent book. I’d consider it a “must read” and it applies to any board: for profit, nonprofit, secular, faith-based, public, private…whatever. I remember my early days on...
