Many of us recognize our obligation to give back to our communities by assisting various nonprofit causes, and one of the best ways to do that is to volunteer to serve as a director on a nonprofit Board for a cause that you feel strongly about. You get to personally...
The title of this short piece is the mantra that I always give to our nonprofit clients and to board members of organizations on whose board I’ve been privileged to serve. It is a fact of mission and purpose that a nonprofit organization doesn’t get...
For CEOs of those companies large enough – or wise enough – to have a board of directors or even an advisory board, and for all the nonprofit organizations whose governance requires a board of directors, this question is for you. How have you chosen your...
Entrepreneurs often start companies that they know will need more capital than they can provide personally. So they at some point go looking for investors, and these days there are lots of individuals and investment funds willing to listen and consider buying a...
These words were recently uttered by the CEO of a mid-sized nonprofit organization to his nominating committee. The intent was to signal a sea change in attitude during the search for new board members for the ensuing year. With an above-average give-or-get policy,...
