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Engage Your Board – Start with Recruiting and End with A High-Performance Culture

Engage Your Board – Start with Recruiting and End with A High-Performance Culture

By: Rena Henderson Founder and CEO, Bold Agenda  After hanging up the phone, I realized that this was the third time in one week that an Executive Director or Board Chair described to me the same problem. My client left another uninspired and unfocused board meeting and complained of the malaise on his board:  poor attendance at meetings, missed fundraising goals, board meetings that were not focused or goal-oriented, and a certain few board members dominating the discussion. He was frustrated because he knew they could not bring new board members in, nor close their increasing deficit with half of...

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