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3 Kinds of Risk That Attack Your Nonprofit

By Cyrus White 1 Comment

In their Harvard Business Review article Managing Risks: A New Framework, Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes provide three qualitative distinctions among the types of risk organizations face. Two of these categories, preventable risks and strategy risks, are internal to the organization and so are within the control of the leadership. The third category includes risks from external sources; leadership may not control the risks, but they can prepare for them. Here’s how.

What If All Your Agenda Items Were Good Questions?

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To help board members engage in decisions and focus discussions on governance, try framing all agenda items as questions.

Responding to Sabotage on the Nonprofit Board

By Cyrus White 1 Comment

Sabotage is disruption and damage, usually done on purpose. How can you respond to sabotage on a nonprofit board?

3 Reasons Why a Smaller Board May Be Better

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Many boards are bucking conventional wisdom that a board should have twelve to sixteen members. They are discovering the benefits that working with a small group brings.

5 Ways to Make a Better Agenda for Board Meetings

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An agenda is the primary tool of effective board meetings. The agenda keeps the board focused on appropriate information for making decisions and monitoring performance. The board’s governance policies or bylaws may determine overall board process, but it’s the agenda that determines how intended outcomes engage with current performance during the meeting. Here are 5 ways to have a better agenda for board meetings . . .

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