Sharing power and authority inside and outside of the organization

- The management consultant and author…Peter Drucker would often say to his clients,…"It's amazing what you can accomplish when you…"don't worry about who gets the credit."…Now sharing credit, power, and authority…may sound like a great idea,…but actually it's pretty hard to do,…and the nonprofit sector's littered with corpses…of organizations launched by…visionary charismatic founders,…only to be stifled because the founder…tried to hold too much control.…Other nonprofits fall short of their full potential,…because they don't invest in developing…the leadership bench strength to sustain…their mission over the long term,…and they implode from the pressure of too many…demands on the executive director without…adequate administrative and management support…that you need to avoid burnout.…

Yet another class of nonprofits are strangled…by their board of directors.…They meddle too much,…and micromanage the group to tedious lengths,…and then on the other hand there's those nonprofits…that wither from neglect by boards that are disengaged,…