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Thoughts and perspectives on how organizations can achieve strong policy governance.
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Governance Solutions
WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT GOVERNANCE? We Need “New” Solutions People seem to believe that the status quo still isn’t working because they...
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On board service
Dear Association Executive: Recently on the American Society of Association Executive’s (ASAE) Executive Section listserv, there have...
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Organizational Culture: Open or Closed?
Culture in an organization is comprised of shared values, goals, norms and processes. One overarching theme uncovered in studying...
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What do nonprofit governing boards do?
Defining governance is not easy. If you google “definition on governance,” you will find over 500,000 entries. Governance is a generic...
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Would you buy 30-year-old technology?
The ad reads: “Car ‘phones. They’re no longer the privilege of the chosen few.” In 1982, I actually had one of these Vodaphone babies. I...
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Classic NPO mistakes in hiring a CEO
I recently got this question from one of my professors in I-O Psychology: “Have you noticed that non-profit organizations tend to write...
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Corporate accountability – blah, blah, blah
This morning, The Xylem Group had a very interesting teleconference. We discussed the debates and dialogs going on over corporate...
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Policy Governance and Tone at the Top – When Nonprofits Fail
Nonprofits are failing at a high rate (e.g., Flanagan, 2012; Nonprofit Trends, 2014). Despite strategic planning and fund development,...
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Accountability and nonprofit boards
Expectations of nonprofit boards – and of those who serve on them – are established by tradition and maintained by the status quo...
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