Collaboration
Need a Boost? 14 Stories That Inspired Us in 2025
Innovation stories on collaborating for greater impact, protecting and preserving history, affordable housing, an inspiring model of civic leadership, and more.
Tag: Boards
Leadership
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2025
Building collective capacity; AI's power for the greater good; grappling with systems collapse; lessons from collaborative philanthropy; and more.
Governance
Open Board Search
How a new approach to recruiting board members can transform nonprofits.
Governance
Educating the Nonprofit Leaders of the Future
Nonprofit board fellows programs can be mutually beneficial to students, business schools, and partner organizations.
Leadership
The Three-Legged Stool of Readiness-Centered Founder Transitions
How to prepare leader, board, and organization for a healthy exit
Leadership
Transformative Leadership
A reading list on how leadership is changing, and how it still needs to
Governance
Strengthening Boards to Navigate the Intersection of Profit and Purpose
OpenAI’s governance saga might give leaders pause about alternative ways of organizing, but research shows hybrid governance models can be successful—with effective boards to lead them.
Leadership
The Hollow Prize for Leaders of Color
What looks like racial progress at many nonprofits can set up leaders of color to fail.
Business
Protests Matter to Companies
Women’s March protests convinced companies to select more female board members.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Inclusive Board Meetings
Diverse teams get better results, but it takes skill and thoughtfulness to make the most of diverse experience at a board table.