Start Asking How Your Board Can Be an Asset
"Houston, we have a problem" While this may never have actually been said on the Apollo 13 mission, it holds a great deal of meaning in our society. It is our shorthand for expressing that things are not going as we had planned, and, in fact, our situation is dire and potentially life threatening. So, here is a statistic from BoardSource's 'Leading with Intent' research - 2021 * Only 31% of nonprofit CEOs report that their boards have a very positive impact on their organization's overall performance (Pause and re-read that) While that sinks in, let me introduce another concept: asset . Usually, we think of an asset as something of financial value. However, in our world of community benefit, we rightfully consider assets as 'anything valuable or useful' (thank you Collins English Dictionary). Specifically, assets are things that positively contribute to our ability to advance community benefit (aka achieve our mission outcomes). This lens helps cla