When you go to the doctor or the emergency room, one of the first things they do is take your vital signs. These signs are called “vital” for a reason. When any one of the vital signs, like blood pressure or temperature, is far out of the acceptable range, you know you have a problem that needs to be dealt with. The same is true for boards; you need to regularly check the vital signs. The following lists include vital signs related to healthy and unhealthy boards.
Read more2 Tips to Help Your Board Flow Smoothly
Mention “board” to many leaders today, and their first thoughts are often negative, using words like – slow, bureaucratic, boring, sluggish to change, controlling and inflexible. While we have found this not to be true with many of the organizations we have served, it is important to remind board members that there has been a shift in how boards need to look and function.
Read moreThe 4 Trends Affecting Your Board of Directors
There are estimated to be about 1.5 million non-profit organizations in the United States and over 330,000 churches with a combined annual budget of over $800 billion dollars. Each of these has, or should have, a board of directors. If each board only had nine members, that would mean there are almost 16,500,000 board members of non-profit organizations in the United States! That is a lot of people, a lot of responsibility and a lot of time being invested.
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