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Stuart Wachs

Aug 14, 2026

12:30
So how do you explain the distinction between governance and management in a way every board member can understand?
12:39
So if you look at the role of we'll talk about the role of the board as a unit and the role of that leadership team as a unit.
12:48
most of the board's role is going to be shared with the CEO or maybe the whole leadership team.
12:54
When you talk about strategy, there's some mindset that the board sets the strategy and then the leadership team executes on it.
13:02
I don't prescribe to that, either when I was a CEO or in my coaching, because just like in the business world, that CEO or ED really needs to play a pivotal role in creation.
13:14
So strategy creation should be a partnership.
13:19
execution should be, especially if it's a mature, bigger nonprofit on the leadership team and their staff, there might be things parsed out like in fundraising, the board will play a role.

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39:38
But is there a process that you recommend organizations take to kind of repair trust to get themselves back into alignment?

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