Help for When You’re Not the Board’s First Choice
An Excerpt from Karen’s CEO Conversation: The Best CEO-Chair Partnership
What happens when you are an internal candidate for the CEO position and the board chooses another? And, when that falls through, selects you? In this clip, special guest: Lori O’Keefe, President & CEO of the Triangle Community Foundation, answers.
Discover how Lori developed confidence and strength in her CEO role; you can too.
And–learn what it’s like to attend Karen’s CEO Conversations.
When You’re Not the Board’s First Choice: Karen’s Conversation Video Clip
00:00 Why this conversation?
00:50 Best practices- Communicate with Your Board Chair
02:06 Lori O’Keefe Introduction
03:02 “Lori, how have you developed confidence and strength in your CEO-Chair Partnerships?”
08:29 More
The Big Picture
If you’ve been a nonprofit CEO or executive director for over a few years, you’ve experienced multiple board chair partnerships. If you’re like most nonprofit CEOs, your chairs have been a mixed blessing. Some standout. Others are okay, and hopefully, no more than induced a countdown until their terms ended.
What can nonprofit CEO do to enhance their relationships with their chairs? Lot. Here are some more resources about high-quality CEO-Chair Partnerships.
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What CEOs are saying about Karen’s Nonprofit CEO Conversations
Karen’s CEO Conversations are a great place to have candid, valuable conversations with other nonprofit CEOs.
Mona Duffus
CEO
Dawning Family Services
Great call today – very helpful. I picked up lots of very helpful information, so THANK YOU!!!
Diane Nahabedian
Executive Director
Monkey Helpers
Every one of the conversations has been fantastic. I have applied something from each one to my work.
Erica (Mossholder) Klauber
Executive Director
Children’s Craniofacial Association
