Robert’s Rules of Order can be one of the most impactful ways to boost a board’s communication, productivity, team building, and member retention. These qualities are the building blocks for establishing a healthy copilot relationship between your org’s board and executive director.
Read MoreMasterclass: Necessary Endings: When It’s Time To Let the E.D. Go
In this masterclass, we tackle how a board should operate to avoid road bumps when it’s time for the Executive Director to move on.
Read MoreResource: Board Meeting Agenda Assessment
Can you imagine leaving a board meeting uttering the words “Wow, that was a great meeting?” Download this simple recipe to put your meetings on a path to ignite your board members to be full-throated ambassadors for your work.
Read MoreResource: Board Binder Checklist
Creating board binders is one small step towards helping the board understand their governance role and embrace both donor cultivation and fiscal responsibility. This resource will help you put together an onboarding binder your board will actually use!
Read MoreRob Acton: Unlocking the Power of Your Diffuse Leadership Structure
This session explores how chief executives and board members alike can thrive in the dynamic shared power “co-pilot” arrangement that is inherent in the nonprofit model.
Read MoreTough Times, Tougher Nonprofits: 5 Steps to a Thriving and Resilient Nonprofit in Uncertain Times
Joan Garry shares the specific (and critical) steps you need to take right now to build resiliency and strengthen your nonprofit for the future – especially in uncertain times like these.
Read MoreResource: The Components of an Excellent Letter of Interest (LOI)
This guide offers some tips on how to tackle your next LOI along with a sample LOI to illustrate these tips in action. Happy grant writing!
Read MoreResource: Board Member Self-Assessment Template
Here’s a board self-evaluation template that will help bring a dose of “engine maintenance” to one half of your twin-engine jet.
Read MoreQuick Win: Does the Board Have the Right to…?
In my twin engine model of nonprofit leadership, there is quite a bit of ‘gray’ – it’s what comes with shared leadership. Here’s how it plays out in some of the most common questions Joan gets.
Read MoreTemplate: Editable Board Committee Report
Lots of Lab members have requested guidelines or a template for board committee reports. We are pleased to present you with this exclusive Lab resource and editable template for a Board Committee Report.
Template: People
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