Non-Profit Board Members—The Other Workforce Problem

Finding the board members that non-profit organizations need is a growing challenge. People are busy. Roles are sometimes ill-defined. Recruiting is often not well thought out. (For more, see Six Roadblocks To Board Recruiting). The upshot—half of non-profit CEOs report that they don’t have the right board members, and the board members aren’t spending enough time on the right priorities (see Leading With Intent: BoardSource Index Of Nonprofit Board Practices – June 2021). Chief executives see a lack of commitment to fundraising (76%), community relationships (67%), strategic thinking (59%), strategic impact monitoring (53%), and setting . . .