Category Archives: Board Chair

143. Is there an optimum size for a Church Board?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

BoardSource, an agency that seeks to assist nonprofit governing boards, indicates that according to its research on average nonprofit boards have 19 members and the median is 17. Generally speaking, larger (using financial measurements) nonprofits have larger boards; smaller nonprofits … (read the rest)

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142. Evaluating a Church Board Chairperson’s Performance.

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Evaluation — who likes it and who needs it? When you know its about to happen, it can often feel like a trip to the dentist — necessary, helpful, but usually perceived as not pleasant. Generally in the literature related … (read the rest)

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141. What’s the “Authority” of a Church Board and how does a Chairperson Direct That Authority?

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In conversations I have with church board members and chairpersons the question of ‘authority’ usually arises in some form. That topic is like the glowing coal that is too hot to handle. Church boards know they need authority, their congregations

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140. Overoptimism and Overconfidence — Helping Church Boards Be Spiritually Discerning.

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Recently I was reviewing an article written by Charles Roxburgh, published in 2003, and entitled “Hidden Flaws in Strategy”(McKinsey Quarterly, May 2003). His basic premise was that “the brain can be a deceptive guide for rational decision making.” He identifies … (read the rest)

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139. Case Study # 10: Daring to Change — “Can These Bones Live?”

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

[Although the story in this case study may seem to resemble a real situation, the names, places and actual circumstances do not describe any actual church, church board, pastor or chairperson.]

Old habits die hard, they say. The chairperson of … (read the rest)

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