1. The selection process should include the entire board. Along the way a committee may do some of the work, but the whole board should be informed and included at each step of the process. It is a mistake to allow one or two forceful members to control the process and ramrod their choice(s) through the board. Even the CEO (including a pastor) should be careful not to control the selection process in order to bring on board those who either are the CEO’s friends or who can be counted on to share
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