![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title."Transformational Boards provides practical advice for leadersto assist boards in understanding that steadfastness to missionrequires constant assessment and implementation of new strategiesto achieve it." - H. ![]() And Tweeten emphasizes the need for performance evaluation in order to keep board members and management on track toward reaching their objectives. He examines ways to effectively recruit both board members and senior management, techniques for building on relationships to position and market an organization, and a range of resource solutions-including fundraising, process redesign, enterprise development, collaboration, and stewardship-to develop revenues for organizations that can no longer depend on one resource to support their missions. The author's model focuses on creating a framework for board engagement that can support ongoing change-offering a practical and flexible approach.īyron Tweeten details the key issues that fully engaged boards must address in order to provide optimal leadership for organizations. Using the action steps outlined in the book, a board can develop the flexibility to move freely around this center, adapting to change while maintaining its organization's primary mission. Step by step, Tweeten guides readers through the process of setting a core agenda that both preserves a nonprofit's mission and is responsive to changes and trends in the organization and the external environment. This vital resource is specifically designed to help nonprofit boards lead their organizations through times of change and transformation. Tweeten goes beyond telling what it takes to be a good board member to explain how boards today must become fully engaged if they are to face the intense forces of change that will affect most nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit boards must rethink their roles if they are to thrive in today's uncertain environment. Chris Bauer, chairman of the board, Next Door Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin "As a board member of several not-for-profit organizations, I find the practical tips and understandable writing to be very helpful in understanding my role." Paul Ramseth, board chairman, Lutheran Community Foundation "We plan on using this book as a study guide for a board development process." Charles Wright, chairman, Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin and Metro Chicago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin "It's a book about how to engage the board in meaningful roles. Musimbi Kanyoro, general secretary, World YMCA, Geneva, Switzerland This is an extremely valuable tool for every board of a nonprofit organization wherever it exists." "This book presents a proactive new vision of leadership that responds to the context and environment of the 21st Century. Doug Tieman, president and CEO, Caron Foundation, Wernersville, Pennsylvania "Byron Tweeten does a masterful job in defining, describing, and outlining the necessary philosophies and activities an organization's leadership must undertake to be effective in today's ever-changing environment-a must read for board and senior management." Nicholas Muller III, president and CEO, The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation "Transformational Boards provides practical advice for leaders to assist boards in understanding that steadfastness to mission requires constant assessment and implementation of new strategies to achieve it."
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