CARYN BOSSON CONSULTING

Sure, to be an effective working team, nonprofit board chairs and executive directors need to understand their roles, responsibilities,...

While the archetypical Silicon Valley origin story involves a couple of guys working in a garage, nonprofits tend to be launched by a few...

A beleaguered executive director once complained to me about a board member who loved to play “boss.” This board officer would “check in...

From the 1980s to the 2000s, my desk, at whatever nonprofit I was working at, always had a pile of well-thumbed issues of The Grassroots...

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool Than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” If you are a nonprofit board member, you...

A strong board is key for the success of any nonprofit, and becoming a strong board takes work. Many volunteer board members find there...

Play, purpose, and potential. Ideally this is what we have in our work, and what we grow through our work. That’s what I learned...

In a perfect world, nonprofit board and staff leadership would coordinate as gracefully together as dance partners gliding across the...