Bailey Leadership Initiative

The importance of balanced leadership

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Column Nonprofit leadership requires a healthy partnership between the board and its chief executive. Organizations benefit from active, engaged board leadership coupled with a chief executive with strong leadership skills. Too often, however, the leadership in…

Addressing the hard topics with planning

Bigger board isn’t always better

The importance of your board’s culture

The board’s role in HR governance

Now a good time to plan, perform housekeeping

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial The themes of planning and change are frequent topics…

Philanthropy makes good business sense

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Running and managing a nonprofit is a challenging proposition…

The importance of determining a nonprofit’s competitive advantage

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Running and managing a nonprofit has a lot of…

The board and the budget

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial This is the time of year when many nonprofit…

Orienting, engaging boards of directors

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial One of the responsibilities of a board of directors…

The unnatural focus on overhead costs in nonprofits

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial We’d never expect our public works departments to routinely…

Fundraising a fundamental board responsibility

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial The question I’m most frequently asked when working with…

Are you an engaged nonprofit board member?

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial One of the frequent concerns that I hear from…

Nonprofit board meetings need planning, discipline, reflection

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Nonprofit organizations often struggle with meeting attendance, complaints about…