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Apr 17, 2019
Four kinds of boards: Which do you have?
Church and non-profit boards can be divided into four kinds according to how they operate. Unfortunately only one of these board modalities is consistent with good board work. If you have served on a board or currently serve on one, consider these four ways that boards operate and whether your board is operating in an optimal way. Here are the four kinds of boards:
The controlling board
Members of...
Feb 06, 2019
Questions to ask about the intellectual capacity and EQ of potential board members
Serving on a board, church or otherwise, requires a special intellectual capacity or ability. This is not about education - many educated people have limited intellectual capacity and many who lack higher education have it along with good common sense.
It is the ability to think conceptually, to visualize what could be rather than simply what is, to be able to focus on the big picture and concepts...
Jun 26, 2018
Help your board do self-evaluation of their work with seven evaluative statements
Church boards (and other boards) often forget what good governance looks like. Not because they don't care but because in the press of ministry life they forget.
A simple way to evaluate your board work is to have everyone on the board assign a number from 1 to 10 for each of the statements below. Ten signifies we do this well and consistently and one signifies we do it poorly or inconsistently....
Jun 06, 2018
Why boards need to change as an organization grows
Boards, especially in the non-profit world are not static entities. Unless they grow along with the growth of the non-profit they represent they will eventually stall out the effectiveness of that organization.
Consider, for instance five identifiable kinds of non-profit boards.
1. The Board of Friends and Relatives. Organizations start with the vision of an entrepreneur who has a vision to change...
Mar 30, 2017
If your board needs help, I can help
The quality of the work of a board whether a church board or other non-profit directly influences the ability of leaders to lead and the mission to be accomplished. If you want to gauge the health of your board's work, take the test below. If all board members take it and discuss the results it will be a good conversation.
With over thirty years of working with boards I am available to help your...
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