Every organization deserves a good board and effective board members. And every board member deserves a chance to be an effective board member. But too often, things arent working. Board members arent effective and staff arent helping them to be effective. Or, staff are doing all that is possible but the board member is causing too many problems. This book tells you how to fix the situation. This book explains why board members are (or arent) effective. And, this book gives you specific strategies and tools to fire the lousy board members and help the others succeed. Maybe this book is too shocking for you. Or maybe not. Who should read this book? Executive directors. Board chairs. Governance committee chairs. Any aspiring leader. Topics include: Tools include: As you read youll realize that this book is mostly about how to NOT fire people. Instead, the book focuses on finding the right board members and enabling them to be successful. Firing is only a last resort. But its an important strategy to launch in some situations. Unfortunately, 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. More 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 medias front page. Its just not acceptable to keep poor performers around. Its not fair to other board members. Its not fair to staff. And it isnt fair to the organizations mission. Serving on a board is serious business. Sadly, too many boards and board members (and staff, too) dont realize how serious this business is. Read before you continue down the wrong paths. Read and talk about the serious business of good governance and effective and ineffective board members. This book is a quick and easy read. User friendly, fast, and sometimes pretty funny. The 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. Here is some reader applause about Firing Lousy Board Members: --Roger M. Craver, Editor, --Robbe Healey, MBA, ACFRE, Vice President for Philanthropy, Simpson Senior Services

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