Tag Archives: Nonprofit Board Leadership
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Board Performance and Inertia
June 20, 2017I tend to be uncomfortable with change. I know I am not alone. People’s resistance to change has spawned many different uses for the word “inertia” that have nothing to do with physics. There are cognitive inertia, business inertia, organizational … Continue reading
Board Leadership: Finding the Levers in Your System
June 7, 2016We recently concluded the 2015-16 Board Leadership Series with a workshop titled “Turning Learning Into Action.” Near the end, I posed a question: “Can you effectively influence something that matters to you by focusing on changing something else?” The answer … Continue reading
Board Leadership: Welcoming the “Groan Zone”
June 1, 2015I was back in Morristown and Monroe Township last week to facilitate the last workshops of Dodge’s Board Leadership Training Series: Turning Learning Into Action. That’s harder than it sounds, because bringing any learning back to any organization raises the possibility … Continue reading