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What Nonprofit Boards Can Learn from Corporate Boards

September 9, 2019

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by: Kathleen Yazbak

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Tags: boards, non profit, Patti Bellinger, social impact

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Categories: Articles

What Nonprofit Boards Can Learn from Corporate Boards

Nonprofit and for-profit boards have different motivations for doing what they do for their organizations: Nonprofit board members seek increased social impact; for-profit board members seek increased shareholder value. But do these differences mean they don’t have something to learn from one another? Patti Bellinger, executive director and adjunct lecturer at the Center for Public […]

A Board’s Number One Priority: Tom Tierney, Bridgespan

November 8, 2017

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by: Kathleen Yazbak

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Tags: boards, Bridgespan, non profits, strategy, Tom Tierney

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Categories: Leader Interviews

A Board’s Number One Priority: Tom Tierney, Bridgespan
Summary The only thing more important than strategic clarity is having the talent to execute the strategy for lasting impact, says Bridgespan’s Tom Tierney. Here he talks with Bridgespan alumna and founder of Viewcrest Advisors Kathleen Yazbak about the key qualities and priorities nonprofit boards should possess to help ensure the organizations they serve can [...]

Raising the Bar for Nonprofit Boards: Len Schlesinger, Harvard Business School

November 8, 2017

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by: Kathleen Yazbak

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Tags: boards, non profits, talent management

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Categories: Leader Interviews

Raising the Bar for Nonprofit Boards: Len Schlesinger, Harvard Business School
In this second Q&A of a series with board members who have both nonprofit and for-profit board experience, Len Schlesinger, a professor at Harvard Business School, talks with former Bridgespan partner and founder of Viewcrest Advisors, Kathleen Yazbak, about the importance of talent management and how nonprofit boards can better serve their organizations. Nonprofit boards [...]