Civil Discourse During Contentious Times – Why Board Culture Matters
Update: 2020-09-28
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In this timely episode, Dr. Eugene Fram explains the ground rules for civil discourse, why engaging in civil discourse can be difficult for independent school trustees, and how boards can support a culture of civility. Dr. Fram is an expert in nonprofit governance, a business consultant, and an award-winning emeritus professor of the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of seven books, including Policy vs. Paper Clips (2011), which describes a trust-based nonprofit governance model that has been adopted or adapted by thousands of nonprofit organizations as well as Going For Impact: The Nonprofit Director's Essential Guidebook (2016). He has also published more than 125 articles, including for the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review, and is the author of the blog Non-Profit Management. Over his distinguished career, Dr. Fram has served on 12 nonprofit and for-profit boards, holding several leadership positions including board chair.
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