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How do you appraise a board of volunteers?
Emma Duke, chair of Connection Support, shared her reflections from her board’s recent chair and trustee appraisal process. Everyone has an appraisal, right? But when you’re a volunteer…
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What does the trustee/staff balance look like in an era of turbulence?
It is fantastic that we have just released the updated ‘A Question of Balance’. It has always been one of our flagship publications, read and digested by countless…
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What shared leadership and support looks like on boards
A chair should never be the single point of failure on a board. But with such responsibilities from agenda setting to board cadence, the accumulation of tasks, responsibility…
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Boards, the CEO, and the senior leadership team – working well together
Effective board and senior leadership team (SLT) relations have hallmarks, things that you can feel at work and are sustained by positive behaviours. In this article, by governance…
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Helping your chair and board to be more effective
This is the second blog by Liz Lowther, CEO of AoC, about this research. Read the first blog. In my last blog we explored the AoC, ACEVO and…
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Board behaviours and the chair – CEO relationship
Recent research undertaken by AoC, ACEVO, and nfpResearch looked into board behaviours and dynamics and the chair-CEO relationship. Here, AoC CEO Liz Lowther explores some of the findings…
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No chair is an island
“No chair is an island” might well have been John Donne’s opening sentence, if the 16th century poet had been commissioned to write this blog on the merits…
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Trusteeship – the good and bad news
nfpResearch has just released some insights into trusteeship which contain both encouraging and disappointing news. Here, AoC CEO Liz Lowther explores the results and what they mean for…
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How do we make charity and non-profit boards better?
Last week we were delighted to welcome chairs, trustees, and governance enthusiasts to our event on making charity boards better. Generously hosted by CCLA Investment Management, we had…