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Accentuate the Positive
Why is it that so often we focus on the negative? I was reading the evaluations of a workshop I recently did and most were really favorable. But there was one—there is always one—that made me want to pack up … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, boards, evaluations, future training, negativity, person development, positive, powerpoints
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Who Evaluates the Board?
After reading my blog, Hassan emailed to ask “Who evaluates the Board?” He went on to talk about Boards in his country—making me realize (again) how very small and similar the world truly is. “In Pakistan,” my reader wrote, “board … Continue reading
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Tagged boards, evaluations, Goal-setting, goverance
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The OTHER Board Responsibility
Development Director Matt Bregman, when faced with the news of his Executive Director’s planned move from El Museo del Barrio in New York City to other pastures, did the unthinkable. Rather than panic, he reflected on what development directors want … Continue reading
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Tagged boards, evaluations, fundraising, productivity, strategic planning
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Evaluating for Good
The Board Chair was concerned. The Board, he said, was losing confidence in the Executive Director. He spent half of our lunch telling me about erratic behaviors, missed deadlines and—most troubling—instances where the ED had kept things from the Board, … Continue reading
