The Leadership Lab: Collaborating With Your Board is a cohort-based development program for senior executives and other senior leaders. From November 2024 through April 2025, cohort members will master leadership practices toward effectively partnering with their Boards, analyze successful governance practices, reflect in individual and small group coaching, and develop an implementation plan to improve the efficacy and engagement of their Boards.
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Created for board members starting a new term, this guide covers everything you need to know to be an effective nonprofit board member, including knowledge of governance responsibilities, a commitment to ethical conduct, the ability to think strategically about organizational trajectory, and dedication to fostering an inclusive culture of open dialogue and accountability.
Serving as a board chair is a demanding role, but also an incredibly rewarding one. Designed for board chairs who are beginning a new term as chair, this guide is a starting point and resource to help enhance the leadership of those committed to leading effective boards.
Disagreements on a team about passionately held beliefs can be painful. But when organizations manage diversity of viewpoints well, it can be a superpower. This topic is sensitive, complex, and difficult, but here are some resources that might help.
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The reason we are prepared to handle this current situation is because we have now been paying attention to culture for a long time. This isn't new to us anymore. Leading Edge changed the conversation to help us focus on culture.”