https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/08/problem-boards-or-board-problem/

The link provided above is from the Non Profit Quarterly. The title is as follow : Problem board or Board Problems.  This article is fairly recent , it was written last month. It highlights some of the problems that non profit board has and continues to face in the issue of governance and leadership. It questions the board’s performance vis a vis the organization itself. Often nonprofit experiences issues at the governance level not because of the Executive Director but because the boards members have grown to be detached to the mission or the way the organization operate.  As stated, “All institutions, after all, have their failures. Perhaps more worrisome is the widespread sense that underperforming boards are the norm, not the exception.” Below are the few problems they’ve highlighted… read on… :

• First, dysfunctional group dynamics—rivalries, domination of the many by the few, bad communication, and bad chemistry—impede collective deliberation and decision making.
• Second, too many board members are disengaged. They don’t know what’s going on in the organization, nor do they demonstrate much desire to find out.
• Third, and most important, board members are often uncertain of their roles and responsibilities.