Five things every new executive director should know about their board
The ED-board relationship is the most consequential dynamic in any nonprofit. It shapes the organization's culture, its financial health, its ability to make decisions under pressure, and ultimately whether the executive director stays or goes. And most new EDs inherit it without a map.
Building a high-performing board isn't luck — it's a system
Most nonprofit boards don't fail because they recruited bad people. They fail because they recruited without a system.
