by Tom Okarma | May 15, 2013 | Blog, Leadership
Most nonprofit leaders share many traits: passion for the mission, effective communication skills to “tell the story”, a cadre of devoted volunteers and leadership team, and an awareness of the need to always be looking for new ways to raise revenue. Well,...
by Tom Okarma | May 7, 2013 | Blog, Governance, Leadership
The respected ECFA, Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, recently released its Governance survey, taken by 1,600 CEO’S, Board Chairs and directors from its member agencies. One of the more interesting learnings coming out of the survey was an...
by Tom Okarma | Apr 8, 2013 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning
There must be something in the water around here. I’ve had coffee with four separate nonprofit executive directors over the last 45 days, each one with the same problem–actually two problems. Their first problem is each ED believes their board is not...
by Tom Okarma | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog, Leadership
Leader: Who’s you Thomas? You know…the “Doubtful Thomas”…on your board? The one who is not afraid to question your nonprofit’s plans, general assumptions, habits, and conventional wisdom. The one who isn’t afraid to challenge...
by Tom Okarma | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog, Leadership
Whether leading a business or nonprofit organization, every successful leader learns a big lesson fairly quickly after moving into the corner office. That lesson is in realizing just how dependent you become on the leadership team and other key people. The best...
by Tom Okarma | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
If you stop to think about it, leaders can significantly increase the impact of their nonprofit agencies without spending an extra dime. Say what? Let’s say your agency has: Experienced leadership-CHECK! A clear and compelling strategic plan-CHECK! The respect...
