Whether you're an management consultant, banker, attorney, manager, accountant, or other executive or professional, serving on a nonprofit board will help you do your job better.
Wendy Wysong, Partner at Clifford Chance, explained to ...READ»
With breaches of ethics shaking the foundations of our global economy, and leading institutions failing to act in the interests of peace, justice, the environment, and prosperity, what can we learn from behavioral economists? And ...READ»
The bad news we know: funding is tight.
The good news is that some funders are finally using their selectivity to drive nonprofit boards to become more effective. In fact, only nonprofit boards can truly ...READ»
If the argument for bonuses is to attract and retain talent, and motivate high achievement, then why not use bonuses to drive the performance of nonprofit executives as well?
Makes sense because: ...READ»
The running exchange between Stewart and Cramer over the role of the media as cheerleaders versus watchdogs gives something for nonprofit board members to think about.
On the one hand, as board members, they ...READ»
“Where should our company invest our philanthropic dollars? Should we give more, smaller grants, or fewer, larger grants? Should we do employee matching gifts? Or only fund nonprofits that fit a company theme – a ...READ»
Boards have a dual responsibility to ensure compliance, while also envisioning and achieving the organization’s greater potential. By “envisioning the greater potential,” I mean taking a time out from incremental thinking to ...READ»
Biggest lesson of 2008: Boards make decisions that determine the success or failure of our economy, increases or cutbacks in jobs, access to education, healthcare, and social services, energy conservation or waste, the future of ...READ»
Despite conventional wisdom that draws sharp lines between for-profit and nonprofit boards, I believe that they are fundamentally the same. Both for-profit and nonprofit boards have ownership responsibilities for their ...READ»
For-profit boards of directors bear much responsibility for the past year’s financial catastrophes. Nonprofit boards are accountable for global and regional organizations that need to address vital matters relating to the ...READ»
