Category Archives: Leadership

Advanced Board Leadership

In November, I’ll be teaching Advanced Board Leadership, a course designed for experienced board members to sharpen their skills. The class is a joint effort of United Way of King County, UW Nancy Bell …

Whidbey Winter Gathering

I just spent four days at the Whidbey Institute at an invitational gathering dedicated to “actively engaging people in shifting the catastrophic course humanity is currently on.” I was uncertain what to expect.  Rick Ingrassi …

Five Principles of High – Performing Nonprofit Boards

I recently received an invitation to speak to the CityClub board about high-performing boards. I shared the following five principles that I believe are critical to create a high-performing governing team.

Five Principles of High-Performing

Upcoming Training Workshops

In early 2011, I’ll be presenting several workshops related to board/staff relations:

Getting Along with Your Board of Directors, January 24 through Sustainable Seattle. 

Strengthening the Board/Executive Relationship, February 10 through United Way …