Melissa
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Nina Simon:
How can you encourage an aging, tired board to discuss relevancy and a need to, perhaps, redesign an organization in a positive, nonaggressive way? I love the institutions I work with, but one in particular could use new blood, new techniques, new vision, new focus to reach our community and fulfill our mission.
Nina Simon
A couple thoughts -
1. Use an outside reference (like The Art of Relevance, or a consultant, or a Ted talk) to spark conversation inside the building. It allows you to point to someone else and say "they said it, let's talk about it" as opposed to you having to drive the conversation.
2. Do some futurecasting together - "what do we want the organization to look like in 5 years? In 10 years?" And then discuss what it would take to get to that destination together.
3. Enforce term limits, and find graceful ways to invite people who are tired to bless and release themselves from the organization.
4. Have courage and approach all of this with love... while taking on the conversations that can/must happen.
1. Use an outside reference (like The Art of Relevance, or a consultant, or a Ted talk) to spark conversation inside the building. It allows you to point to someone else and say "they said it, let's talk about it" as opposed to you having to drive the conversation.
2. Do some futurecasting together - "what do we want the organization to look like in 5 years? In 10 years?" And then discuss what it would take to get to that destination together.
3. Enforce term limits, and find graceful ways to invite people who are tired to bless and release themselves from the organization.
4. Have courage and approach all of this with love... while taking on the conversations that can/must happen.
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