Vu Le got us thinking about boards
In his characteristically provocative July 6, 2020 blog post, “The default nonprofit board model is archaic and toxic; let’s try some new models,” Vu Le identifies and seeks to disrupt pervasive “norms” in the dynamics of nonprofit boards that should indeed be questioned.
Much of our work involves nonprofit boards. Molly Penn and I have seen some great boards, but we have also seen how much of the Executive Director’s time is claimed by “managing” their boards –controlling hard to control personalities, keeping them from micromanaging, responding to their agendas, educating them about nonprofits, educating them about the programs, etc.
Read on to see the results of my provocative dialogue with Molly Penn about what nonprofit boards should be! Click here
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Principal, bac Enterprises
4 年Minimally the dissonance between corporate/business values and nonprofit mission driven values needs reconciliation. This initial contradiction then exacerbates diversity, equity, inclusion, microagressions, micromanagement and a host of other issues. Society TOO often equates making money w smarts. Unless board members are willing to do due diligence and educate themselves these contradiction disrupt successful service and customer results.
Consultant at WIN English
4 年Congratulations to you Mike on your work there. The Mangyans of Oriental Mindoro say hello to you. I am in Beijing and looking around the scene here in Asia. If you need me for anything, let me know. I'm usually going to Japan, Indonesia, Philippines and here in China teaching and working in various media events. All the best,