One More ‘People Factor’ In Non-Profit Mergers

Last week, I wrote about the "people factors” in non-profit mergers, In Non-Profit Mergers, People Trump Positioning – including board of director perceptions of the market, future executive team roles, and loss of organizational identify. My colleague Howard Shiffman shot me a note with a great addition to the discussion. His comment:

"The only other reason boards don't want to merge is the history of the organization. This is implied as loss of identity, but it is deeper than this. There is this feeling that they are on the board to preserve what happened in the past and . . .