A strong nonprofit organization demands strong, innovative leadership. Harvard Business School identified four essential governance competencies as: board leadership, strategic stewardship, performance measurement, and financial oversight. This workshop will provide a framework to help you identify some critical issues of concern to board leaders:

• the clarity of your mission
• the need for strategic planning that includes transformative thinking, such as value-added board leadership processes and organizational performance measures
• the value of structuring and managing important alliances
• the necessity for financial sustainability through financial compliance

Laura Otten, PhD, Director, The Non Profit Center at LaSalle University’s School of Business

Laura Otten, Ph.D., since 2001 has been the executive director of The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University, a management support organization that enhances the management, operations, and governance capacity of nonprofit organizations throughout the Delaware Valley. She has been associated with The Center since 1985, as a consultant, instructor, and director of evaluation and research. In 2013 she added to her responsibilities by developing and becoming first director of La Salle University’s new Master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership.

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