In this article, I am starting a series that will focus on transitions, especially around founding boards and Executive Directors. In this story, an individual working on capacity building with a nonprofit describes how the emotional attachment board members felt to the organization’s mission prevented them from providing good governance. Making change required lots of listening and changing the board. Emotion and Passion Prevent Strategic Discussions From a board member somewhere in the US. I was a representative of a granting organization that was also working on capacity building. The organization was 15 years old. Its board members had come… Read more