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Nailing Down a Board: Serving Effectively on the Not-for-Profit Board is unavailable, but you can change that!

Are you on a not-for-profit board? A church board? A business board? Or do you approach the thought of such a responsibility with trepidation? Charles C. Ryrie has served on all sorts of boards, and he has thought much about their great opportunities. He has also noted problems that are common to boards: • Finding good members • Keeping them when they are found • Resolving conflicts • ...

The Necessity for Accountability A third reason for needing boards is that they provide for accountability. To be sure, some boards are so inbred with family members and close friends that issues of accountability are seldom if ever raised. Cronyism (“partiality to cronies … appointment of … hangers-on without regard to their qualifications”) must never be allowed to eclipse the fiduciary and mission responsibilities of a board. Such responsibilities include, but certainly are not limited to, the
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