by Tom Okarma | May 12, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership
…but you don’t have to. We all learn a lot of lessons along the way. I seem to learn best by doing rather than taking someone’s advice. The result is I learn by getting my nose bloodied from time to time. So in the spirit of wanting to share so...
by Tom Okarma | May 7, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
Absolutely, a board of directors is necessary. But, it shouldn’t just be comprised of a collection of well-intended directors. Legally, you’re probably required to have one anyway, but in addition, the value derived from the “right” board is...
by Tom Okarma | Jan 28, 2014 | Blog, Leadership
Leading a nonprofit is not easy. There are many interests to balance, many balls to juggle, many personalities to assuage, many clients to serve. It’s been likened to herding carts. So, in order to do the very best job you and your agency can do, you need...
by Tom Okarma | Dec 2, 2013 | Board Development, Governance, Leadership
There must have been a full moon out recently. I had back-to-back meetings two weeks ago with two different nonprofits and thoughtI had entered the Twilight Zone. At my first meeting, members of a nonprofit board were complaining about their CEO’s not doing what...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 18, 2013 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Vijay Govindarajan is one smart cookie. He is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. I was fortunate to participate in a retreat he lead for our company when I was in the business world a while...
