Engaged Boards Can Slow Fundraiser Turnover
In this article written for The NonProfit Times, the focus is on turnover among fundraising professionals. This isn’t a new problem, but a recent survey suggests that major gift officers are even more prone to job turnover. However, having nonprofit CEOs and board members engaged in fundraising can deter such turnover. The findings come from “A National Study of Staffing Challenges in Nonprofit Fundraising,” DickersonBakker, a Raleigh, NC-based consultancy.
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Navigating Succession: Four Exiting CEO Mindsets
In this article written for The Nonprofit Quarterly, Aparna Anand Joshi, Donald C. Hambrick and Jiyeon Kang discuss four CEO mindsets as they relate to executive succession and identify the implications for each.
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The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership
In the face of increasingly pressing systemic inequities, nonprofit boards must change the traditional ways they have worked and instead prioritize an organization’s purpose, show respect for the ecosystem in which they operate, commit to equity, and recognize that power must be authorized by the people they’re aiming to help. In this article written for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Anne Wallestad discusses the current state of boards and how to improve them through purpose-driven leadership. To access this article, go to:
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Does Your Board Need to Be More Diverse? Here’s How to Do It
In the last few months, numerous nonprofits started evaluating the why and the how regarding the lack of racial diversity in their board populations. In this article written for Community Centric Fundraising, Meenakshi Das shares three instances of when and how nonprofit representatives can approach achieving a diverse board with inclusivity and equity in mind.
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Leading Boards in a Virtual World
In this article written for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Mark Zitter and Jon Huggett share thirteen ideas to keep boards effective and cohesive in a remote environment. TO access this article, go to:
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Nine Ways A Nonprofit Can Improve Collaboration with the Board
Nonprofit leaders can sometimes have a difficult time working alongside their board. In this article, nine members of Forbes Nonprofit Council offer advice on how nonprofit leaders can better work alongside their board for mutual benefit.
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Equity and Inclusion: The Roots of Organizational Well-Being
This article was written by Mary-Frances Winters for Stanford Social Innovation Review. Winter discusses the crucial need for nonprofits to acknowledge systemic racism then commit to and implement processes to upend it.
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Getting Your Board to Help You Innovate
This article, written by Sheena Sullivan for Candid Learning, sheds some light on how nonprofit boards impact innovation, and how these three key findings could be a board relations game-changer for some executive directors and nonprofit leadership.
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Eight Steps for Managing Through Tough Times
This article, written for Bridgespan, provides insights and advice from clients, other nonprofit leaders and experts, and Bridgespan’s own leadership—distilling them into a set of eight steps for managing through tough times.
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From Principles to Practices: Structuring Your Decision-Making Process
Three distinct, interrelated phases—the decision setup, the time during which the decision is made, and the decision follow-through—provide a framework for building decision-making practices that support an organization’s values and impact goals. This article, written for The Bridgespan Group, describes these phases in detail and offers advice for navigating each one.
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