1. You are perfect. You’ve already chaired numerous similar organizations and absolutely everyone has said you are the best chair ever. I guess that’s why the top athletes in the world, after winning multiple gold medals at the Olympics, fire their coaches and go to future Olympics without one. And without trying to beat their … Read more
I recently heard of a not-for-profit (NFP) chair who told media representatives that the board supported a CEO who had just been accused of serious wrong-doing, and the CEO would be staying. The board had not met! To me, that chair clearly overstepped and had zero authority to speak for the board.
This blog title sums up the total preparation done by many of the incoming board chairs I’ve dealt with. According to an Alliance for Nonprofit Management research report, about 51% of new not-for-profit board chairs say they did nothing to prepare. Most had not been a Vice Chair, and some had not even chaired a committee. Is this … Read more
