by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | Aug 12, 2021 | Board Culture, Governance
The founding or startup phase can be one of the most exciting times to be a part of an organization – for those who thrive on chaos, have an entrepreneurial spirit and a dream. For those who like stability. process and clear direction, not so much. Startup operations...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | Jul 30, 2021 | Governance
The beginning of governance improvement is to start where you are by identifying where your board stands on an evolutionary continuum. In our work, we’ve identified six stages of board evolution. Every board, regardless of how long the organization has been...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | Jun 5, 2021 | Board Culture, Governance
Building Volunteer Bench Strength One of the biggest challenges all associations face is building volunteer bench strength. An item included on the Leading Associations Board Health Assessment is: “We have a deep volunteer leadership pool to draw from for future...
by Jeff Arnold | President, Leading Associations | Jan 11, 2020 | Governance
A common theme we’ve observed in leadership literature in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors is an “institutional” focus. In the for-profit sector, most management and leadership best practice frameworks are built on the study of large...
