by Tom Okarma | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Understanding the key role Mission, Vision, and Values play in moving an organization forward. These elements are probably some of the most important in your organization, yet they are often the most overlooked. They help guide decision-making, budgeting, and...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Board Development, Board Meetings
10 Ways To Make Your Next Board Meeting Better Nice work! You’ve done the analysis and identified and recruited onto your board the perfect slate of candidates to replace the retiring board members. This new panel of directors is exactly what you were looking for and...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Board Development, Governance
Learn how to create clear roles and responsibilities for your board of directors, to get the results you want for your nonprofit. From time to time executive directors express frustration about the support and cooperation they get from their board.“They don’t do what...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 10, 2015 | Board Development, Leadership
Great organizations have great boards — that fact is indisputable. The most important initiative of a nonprofit board is its responsibility to objectively and thoughtfully identify, recruit, and orientate the best board candidates it can find. But often, this...
by Tom Okarma | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
No doubt about it, the Millennials are coming — in fact, they are already here… and they’re having a significant impact in both the business and nonprofit worlds. We Baby Boomer leaders can live in denial for a while if we wish, but the smart “play” would be to reach...
by Tom Okarma | Oct 17, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
The 7 Characteristics That Give Women a Distinct Advantage After many years of serving in various leadership positions and with both women and men reporting to me, and even more years observing other leaders, I firmly believe that women, by a fairly wide margin, can...
