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 | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
My golfing buddy Brian tells me professional golfers have just three rules for their caddies: show up, keep up, shut up. Golf pros usually aren’t looking for advise unless they specifically ask for it. They only want their caddy to be there when required and do...
by Tom Okarma | Dec 12, 2012 | Blog, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Leaders and Board Members: Starting to feel guilty you did not prepare or update a strategic plan for your orgnanization’s next 24-36 months? Even thought it is mid-December you still have time to develop a strategy and a plan. Its not rocket science and when...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Board Chairs, Directors, and Executive Directors: Heads Up! I am pretty familiar with a substantial nonprofit that I think is making a big mistake. I see this happening from time to time in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. And the results of their doing...
