by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | May 16, 2019 | Board Culture, Board Training
In my previous post, The Ideal Rules of Engagement for Board and Staff, I talked about how the challenges in board of directors/staff relationships generally arise from three types of board engagement: disengaged, over-engaged, or engaged in the wrong way. In this...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | May 14, 2019 | Board Culture, Board Meeting Tools, Board Training
Challenges in board of directors/staff relationship generally arise from three types of board engagement: disengaged, over-engaged, or engaged in the wrong way. Let’s look at each area, then explore key strategies for overcoming the challenges presented. Disengaged...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | May 13, 2019 | Board Culture, Board Training
A board has little hope of providing effective governance, let alone visionary and strategic leadership, if it’s still held back by some basic sources of dysfunction. The key to overcoming dysfunction and optimizing function is to first identify the source of the...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | May 10, 2019 | Board Culture, Board Training
There are difficult, but manageable, board members who create tension at meetings but generally don’t derail the work of the board altogether. They make meetings unpleasant. They fall into various behavior categories: Overbearing (loudest voice in the room wins)...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | Apr 23, 2019 | Board Culture
Understanding the health of any volunteer leadership team is challenging. This is especially true when it comes to your association’s Board of Directors. Often, we’re quick to blame it on an individual’s temperament or actions, but at closer examination, many other...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | Apr 22, 2019 | Board Culture
In my last post, How Healthy is Your Board?, I discussed the four domains that drive how board members show up and contribute given the cultural, structural, individual and strategic orientation of an association. If your goal is to help your board move from one that...
