by Pat Crosscombe, Founder & CEO, BoardSpace
Best practices for managing difficult people at an AGM I have attended many Annual General Meetings. Some have been very interesting mostly because they drove me nuts for the same reason, because “Kim” attended. Managing difficult people at an AGM takes practice, but...
by Pat Crosscombe, Founder & CEO, BoardSpace
Effective decision making for boards of directors: Three easy steps Effective decision making is never easy. Every non-profit expects its board of directors to make the right decisions. Implementing a process that will help a board make good decisions is preferable to...
by Pat Crosscombe, Founder & CEO, BoardSpace
The Director’s Life Cycle: Onboarding, Orientation, and Offboarding Nonprofit organizations face challenges in meeting the demands of the directors life cycle; onboarding, orientiation and offboarding directors every year. The article provides tips to successful...
by Pat Crosscombe, Founder & CEO, BoardSpace
A Series about Minutes, Meetings & Effective Decisions A 4-part series about board management; minutes, meetings, property managers & effective decision making. Part 1: How to take better minutes: 5 Tips Minutes have an image problem, and we need to fix it....
by Pat Crosscombe, Founder & CEO, BoardSpace
How to take better minutes: 5 SMART Tips Minutes have an image problem, and we need to fix it. No one loves their minutes; no one even likes them. Directors need to know how to take better minutes. The hardest position to fill on any volunteer boards is the secretary...
by Pat Crosscombe, Founder & CEO, BoardSpace
Trouble finding board directors? How to get more What is the issue with recruitment? In this blog post, Pat and Bonnie address the issue of recruitment. This is the second in a three-part series titled From Meet n Greet to Board Seat; here we’ll focus on ways to get...