by Tom Okarma | May 11, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
I talk to a lot of nonprofit leaders (Executive Directors and CEO’S) and it is interesting to me that so many are experiencing a variety of problems due in large part to the same issue–avoiding a tough conversation with someone–often, a director or...
by Tom Okarma | Sep 14, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership
One of the major causes of friction in the area of nonprofit leadership and poor nonprofit board performance, and a big reason why boards and CEO’s may part ways, is poor boundary setting between the board and the CEO. For most agencies, everyone understands...
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...
