{"product_id":"9781938077425","title":"Firing Lousy Board Members: And Helping the Others Succeed","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery organization deserves a good board and effective board members. And every board member deserves a chance to be an effective board member.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut too often, things aren't working. Board members aren't effective - and staff aren't helping them to be effective. Or, staff are doing all that is possible - but the board member is causing too many problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells you how to fix the situation. This book explains why board members are (or aren't) effective. And, this book gives you specific strategies and tools to fire the lousy board members and help the others succeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinction between board and board member.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding the right board members.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRole of the governance committee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonitoring board members\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTools include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard job description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerformance expectations of the board member.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluation tools.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkills inventory. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs you read \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFiring Lousy Board Members,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e you'll realize that this book is mostly about how to \u003cstrong\u003eNOT \u003c\/strong\u003efire people. Instead, the book focuses on finding the right board members and enabling them to be successful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiring is only a last resort. But it's an important strategy to launch in some situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, some organizations and their leadership are too afraid to do this important work. What a shame. The process is not as hard as you might think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore importantly, bad board members produce bad governance. And bad governance is a huge risk for the nonprofit sector. Bad governance can put your organization - and its board members - on the media's front page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's just not acceptable to keep poor performers around. It's not fair to other board members. It's not fair to staff. And it isn't fair to the organization's mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServing on a board is serious business. Sadly, too many boards and board members (and staff, too) don't realize how serious this business is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFiring Lousy Board Members\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e before you continue down the wrong paths. Read \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFiring Lousy Board Members\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e - and talk about the serious business of good governance and effective and ineffective board members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a quick and easy read. User friendly, fast, and sometimes pretty funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, Simone Joyaux, has direct experience doing every thing described in this book. Joyaux has been an executive director, chief development officer, board chair, and chair of governance and fundraising committees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is some reader applause about \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiring Lousy Board Members:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt last! The long-overdue guide to making dreams of nonprofit organizations come true by exorcising the nightmare of lousy board members. Simone Joyaux's lifetime of thoughtful, proven experience in building strong organizations is distilled in this highly readable, how-to road map to success. Read it, then get started today on building great boards and culling bad board members.\u003c\/em\u003e --Roger M. Craver, Editor, \u003cem\u003eThe Agitator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsk yourself which is the priority, the mission or the problem board member? Mission must be the answer! Simone Joyaux's concise, direct, clear guide gives you the road map to build a power board and confront problem members who jeopardize your mission.\u003c\/em\u003e --Robbe Healey, MBA, ACFRE, Vice President for Philanthropy, Simpson Senior Services\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFiring a nonprofit board member? Awkward! But it may be a little easier after you read this book by the plain-talking but insightful Simone Joyaux who says that poor-performing trustees present a problem of board contamination.\u003c\/em\u003e --Ruth McCambridge, Editor in Chief, \u003cem\u003eNonprofit Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CharityChannel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052728828144,"sku":"9781938077425","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938077425_p0.jpg?v=1763663510","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938077425","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}