Now is a great time to be renewing your Board membership. Everything has changed. Everything will continue to change. The changing times mean that your organization will need new ideas, new energy, new networks. After you have reviewed, with your Board, who is ready to take on new leadership responsibilities and who is ready to …
No organization wants to hear bad news about itself. Boards and lead executives of non-profit organizations are no different. They understand the business! They have confidence in their people! They are already addressing the challenge! This is entirely normal. Boards and senior managers do know a lot about their organizations, or should. They may be …
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A few organizations, especially in the arts and cultural sectors, are facing an accounting. Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour who have been raising concerns – sometimes for years – are finally getting their message heard. Executives are resigning or are being fired. Board members are taking action, unless they, too, are part of the …
The Board of the small, artist-led, organization met rarely. Individually, its members were friends and admirers of the artist. They were enthusiastic ambassadors and advocates for the organization. Their respect for the work was absolute. But the Board was not involved in strategy or operations in any way, nor did it raise money for the …
For an organization that has the resources to do all this! Check in with the Chair Review the current situation with the Board – do they agree? Discuss the future vision for the organization – can the Board support it (eg by raising funds, through advocacy) Option 1 – the Chair is excited to support …
