Boards of excessive size slow decision-making, discourage involvement and can lead to “rubber stamping” others’ decisions When it comes to your board of directors, smaller is better, experts say, and most association boards are simply too big. “Governance today is the Achilles heel of nonprofits, including associations,” said Edward Able, a senior consultant at executive recruiting and consulting firm Vetted Solutions. Able, a former CEO of the American Association of Museums, has served on a dozen boards and chaired several. “My experience is that a board in excess of 18 can’t work as a board; they can’t work as a committee of the whole. It’s just too many people,” Able… Read More