Board Committees: Boon or Bane?

“A camel is a horse built designed by a committee” – Anonymous Although there are a lot of derogatory jokes about committees, the truth is they can be extremely important to the success of your board. Why? Basically, there are two reasons. First, by transferring much of the “roll up the shirt sleeves” work to […]

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Size Matters: Right Sizing Your Board of Directors

I recently attended a seminar by the president and CEO of BoardSource, Linda Crompton. As you might imagine, Linda lives and breathes boards of directors and talks all over the country about nonprofit board effectiveness. She said when she talks to people about boards, the most common question she gets is “How big should my […]

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