06/25/2017

Stop Driving Your Board Chair Nuts

Be kind and thoughtful of those in volunteer leadership roles

Why would anybody in her right mind want to be a board chair? You’ve got to be a little bit crazy, no?

“Sure, I’d be delighted to take on a second full time job managing a bunch of very busy volunteers, some of whom actually show up for meetings, and simultaneously attempt to supervise AND partner with a Type A Executive Director who doesn’t always feel she needs a partner and certainly not a boss.”

Crazy.

Well, we all know that different folks are motivated to leadership positions for different reasons. Hopefully passion for the mission is at the top of this list. There’s also duty, ego, responsibility, strong leadership DNA….

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