Book Details:
- Author: Katherine Tyler Scott
- ISBN: 9780787942939
- Year Published: 2000
- Pages: 224
- BISAC: BUS074000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
About the Book and Topic:
Creating Caring and Capable Boards serves up a thoroughly tested, step-by-step process for bolstering a governing board’s understanding of the organization, commitment to goals and mission, and the ability to lead. The author shows how board service fits into the larger context of history of volunteering and nonprofit organizations and she outlines the traditional duties of trustees. In addition, this book offers clear-cut processes and exercises that can guide individual trustees in understanding their organizations and their role as trustees.
About the Author
KATHERINE TYLER SCOTT is executive director of Trustee Leadership Development, Inc., a national leadership education center invested in building the capacity of leaders, especially nonprofits, their staff, and boards. Scott is the author of several curricula for leadership development and has developed several leadership education programs for businesses, social service agencies, churches, colleges, and universities.