Are you making the typical nonprofit leadership mistakes as a nonprofit board member or executive director? Does your board of directors know their roles and responsibilities?
We know nonprofit leaders are busy. But, whether you're a nonprofit executive director of a board member, nonprofit leaders all make the same mistake - you get lured in by the enticing complexity of operations!
John Carver, in his book “Boards That Make a Difference,” counsels nonprofit Boards of Directors to strive to avoid getting bogged down in what he calls “the enticing complexity of operations,” when they should be creating the vision and overseeing the organization.
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Any leader who has administrative and “big picture” elements in her job must be vigilant not to spend too much time with the details, to the point the big picture tasks are ignored.
“Plan?!” the Executive Director asked, "When would I have time to plan? I’m always running around leading the brigade putting out fires! As soon as I walk in the office, my staff brings me their latest and most urgent problems, and it’s an unusually good day if we resolve those issues before the end of the day.”
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Are you an executive director that's having difficulty managing your board or your time? Check out our FREE Nonprofit Anti-burnout e-book at www.Nonprofit-Nerd.com or comment below and I'll shoot you over the link!
