Our president is gone
Guiding the governing board in time of unexpected tragedy
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New Year 2004
15 Articles
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Articles
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Our president is gone
Guiding the governing board in time of unexpected tragedy
Four theological school boards were suddenly confronted by absence of their president, owing variously to death, disability, and abrupt departure. Only one of the four had a contingency plan in place for such an event. Has your board discussed and decided what to do, should your school unexpectedly be without the services of its head?
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The board recaptures governance
How to let trustees back into the fun stuff of leadership
Good policy rests on good information, and every board needs a thorough understanding of how the institution is connected to the world it serves. In this conversation, an expanded version not available in the print magazine, a leading expert on nonprofit boards calls on trustees to rediscover their purposes and reclaim their authority — and…
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Letters to the editor
Waylan B. Owens charges journalistic near-sightedness, Mark L. Morris Jr. reports on growing assets in a shrinking market. Robert C. Cannada Jr. weighs full-time students and seminary financial health.
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Institutions have lifespans, too
Institutions rarely ponder their demise until it’s staring them in the face. If your school paid a little attention to the inevitable, how might it change the way you are now?
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Imagined parables
A review of A Serious Way of Wondering: The Ethics of Jesus Imagined
Title: A Serious Way of Wondering: The Ethics of Jesus Imagined Author: Reynolds Price Publisher: Scribner
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A review of Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Publisher: Viking Press
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Teaching leadership by telling stories
A review of Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership
Title: Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership Author: Howard Gardner Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996
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Making sense
A review of <i>Making Sense of the Organization</i>
Title: Making Sense of the Organization Author: Karl E. Weick Publisher: Blackwell Publishers, 2001
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