When experiencing nonprofit board resistance, you’ll know it, you’ll feel it. You’ll feel the frustration when you have a brainstorm and send a quick note or text—excited by the opportunity to share your new idea and, audibly, hear the dull thud of it landing, fully unread, in the recipients’ inboxes or phones...
Lisa A. Cohen
Dysfunctional boards? Let’s discuss. Someone (several someones actually) have asked if private sector boards work “better” than nonprofit boards. While you might think that having everyone pulling in one direction—profit-making—would mean that a board would be easier to manage—I would point you to Exhibit A, Uber. Enough said...
There is no question that one of the biggest challenges in nonprofit board and leadership work is… people. Because people are also who make up nonprofit board and leadership teams—and who makes the work so good, too. It helps to have some good and effective ways to untangle things...
As an executive director or development professional who has experienced the frustration of dealing with nonprofit board fundraising or asking your board to raise money for your organization, you are not alone...
