Does The Ground Feel Like It's Always Shifting Under Your Feet?

"A critical lesson for nonprofit executives to bear in mind is that issues, responsibilities, and board relationships may not be the same next month as they were last month, and almost certainly will not be the same next year.

Elected board officers come and go. Issues arise and are either solved or, at the least, outlived and put behind. New opportunities or new board members lead to change in the nonprofit's strategic and operational plans, sometimes even to changes in mission.

These changes, along with changes in personality or operating styles of the elected leaders, require the chief staff executive to respond, creatively and constructively. The nonprofit executive who expects to do everything the same way every year is in the wrong profession.

Change can be difficult. It also brings opportunities, both for the individual and the organization."

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