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Thoughts and perspectives on how organizations can achieve strong policy governance.

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...

On board service

Dear Association Executive: Recently on the American Society of Association Executive’s (ASAE) Executive Section listserv, there have...

Organizational Culture: Open or Closed?

Culture in an organization is comprised of shared values, goals, norms and processes. One overarching theme uncovered in studying...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...