http://leyna.ehclients.com/ Helping Good Causes Recruit and Retain Great Leaders en leyna@leynabernstein.com Copyright 2011 2011-11-20T21:18:20+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/a_board_chair_manifesto/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/a_board_chair_manifesto/#When:21:18:20Z "The other thing I know for sure is that you cannot have an effective board without the right board chair. All the training and consulting in the world won’t build you a great board if your board chair isn’t the right leader for the job." 2011-11-20T21:18:20+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/fear_of_firing/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/fear_of_firing/#When:17:02:57Z Before I happily migrated to the nonprofit sector, I spent a decade as a human resources executive in the national retail business. If you are an HR executive in the retail industry, you learn a lot about firing people. I didn’t enjoy that part of my job, but I got very good at it. Fairly soon after I began consulting with nonprofits, I noticed something: nonprofit leaders don’t fire people. We don’t fire people soon enough, or often enough. 2011-07-03T17:02:57+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/curing_the_resentment_flu/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/curing_the_resentment_flu/#When:21:00:43Z 2011-03-12T21:00:43+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/be_a_drama_queen/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/be_a_drama_queen/#When:20:42:26Z If you're a leader, it's your job to create drama in your organization. Positive drama. 2010-10-12T20:42:26+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/three_things_you_can_do_to_build_a_beautiful_ed_dd_relationship/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/three_things_you_can_do_to_build_a_beautiful_ed_dd_relationship/#When:06:29:34Z When the partnership between an executive director and development director works, it is a beautiful thing. When it doesn’t, both can come down with a serious case of what I call the “resentment flu”. I call it the flu because it is contagious — they keep catching it from one another, each feeling the other isn’t pulling her weight. 2010-03-02T06:29:34+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/dont_leave_me_this_way_preparing_for_development_director_transitions/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/dont_leave_me_this_way_preparing_for_development_director_transitions/#When:19:23:55Z With a little help from my friends, here are some tips for fundraising succession planning. 2010-01-23T19:23:55+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/looking_for_mr._goodboard_how_to_find_new_board_members/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/looking_for_mr._goodboard_how_to_find_new_board_members/#When:21:43:06Z We have all heard someone say they joined a board because “I was told I just had to show up to meetings, and I wouldn’t have to do much.” I facilitated a retreat last week where 3 board members said this exact thing. I’m amazed I didn’t have a catatonic fit. 2009-11-21T21:43:06+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/how_to_screen_a_board_candidate/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/how_to_screen_a_board_candidate/#When:22:13:15Z Many of us have enthusiastically voted on a new board member based on her profession and connections — a lawyer! a banker! an heiress! — only to discover that our new colleague doesn’t play well with others. 2009-09-04T22:13:15+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/hire_the_happy/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/hire_the_happy/#When:03:37:19Z Here are some things to consider in determining whether a candidate is looking for more than you can offer (i.e. happiness or meaning in life), or worse, looking for a place to spread the misery around. 2009-08-28T03:37:19+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/the_key_to_success_in_hiring/ http://leynabernstein.com/blog/the_key_to_success_in_hiring/#When:03:34:03Z I condense my 25 years of hiring and recruiting experience into three words. 2009-06-26T03:34:03+00:00