by Tom Okarma | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Governance
Who owns your nonprofit? Do you really have as much operational latitude as you think you do? Have you or your board ever stopped to ask yourself these questions? In business, a board of directors is elected to represent the enterprise owner so shouldn’t the same...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
Every so often, I hear about tough, demanding boards but nothing like a board I recently “met” through a friend who also serves as the CEO of a separate, very successful, well-mannered nonprofit agency. My friend told me about the rude, abrasive, unruly practices a...
by Tom Okarma | Jun 17, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
Do many of these sound familiar? If so, it’s time to do something. Let me know what else you might add to this list. No strategic plan in place Poor alignment between goals and:resources, staffing, structure, budget, decision-making Infrequently monitoring financial...
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...
