Boards and Governance

We’ve been through it all—a terrorist attack, a flood, a hurricane, multiple global financial crises, political crises, an uprising against racism and police brutality, and a global pandemic. Time and…

One board member’s personal trials and triumphs of serving on a board, including invaluable lessons that every board member can benefit from.

Rafal-Baer: Fewer than 33% of the 500 largest districts have female superintendents, though most teachers are women. Some ways to fix that imbalance.

Six ideas that could help organizations improve hiring, performance, equity, and more.

Too many companies lack a clear purpose. Here’s why they must change.

Much has been written about the wave of incoming BIPOC leadership at nonprofits and about how philanthropy needs to better support these leaders. Yet, we continue to hear that BIPOC nonprofit…

An excerpt from Don’t Lead Alone on acting like a network…

The most impactful leadership programs prioritize broadly applicable skills, strengths, and capacities that serve participants and communities over the long term.

As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind?

Students are increasingly running for voting positions on school boards on a climate agenda. They are helping push schools to cut energy use, swap out diesel buses for electric and add climate change to the curriculum.

When it comes to philanthropy, businesses take a traditional approach. They lean heavily on traditional corporate foundations: nonprofits through which they dole out grants to specific causes and marginalized communities, or…

When and how should you engage with the government as a nonprofit leader?