I encouraged organization leaders to lean into their power and be intentional about creating the board and governance system they need to meet the missions of their organizations.

I am struck by how often we abdicate the power we have or seem to forget we have it in the first place - especially when it comes to things that significantly impact our organizations like governance and boards.

Usually that is the most important thing we can do - especially if we are grantmakers making grants to folks who need the funds to do their work or nonprofits providing services to people who depend on them.

If you’re reading this, you are engaging the leader in you. The curiosity in you, your sense of urgency, your desire to choose action, your intentionality to make things better than they are, your integrity, your sense of purpose - all of these things come into play when you do the work of discerning, interrogating, listening, and ultimately acting on the new pattern you come to know. Acting on your insights.