A Nonprofit Leadership Edge - Install a President's Advisory Council
The President's Advisory Council (PAC) is a highly effective but rarely utilized tool that can accelerate development and enhance impact of the nonprofit leader.
What is a PAC and how is it different from a Board?
A PAC is an informal circle of mentors, advisers and friends that provide coaching, counsel and guidance to the nonprofit Executive Director. There is a significant distinction between the Board and a PAC. Boards are formalized, meet together and delivery governance for the organization. PACs are information, often meet as individuals and deliver personal & professional guidance to the Executive Director.
Do PACs conflict or compete with the Board?
PACs are not part of the nonprofit's organizational structure and work in harmony with board governance by providing guidance and counsel.
I have a few mentors, does that mean I have a PAC?
It depends - like a board possesses the necessary skills that can optimize an organization; a PAC must be composed of individuals who possess the particular talents that must be continually fostered in that particular nonprofit leader. For example, is one of your mentors able to coach you from a finance & accounting perspective?
How can a PAC make an impact?
The ways a PAC can optimize a nonprofit leader's performance and too numerous to identify here. One critical benefit provided by a PAC is the opportunity for the nonprofit leader to sound-board ideas and concepts before taking them to individual board members, to committee or to the board itself.
What are the steps to organizing a PAC?
1. Identify the talents you need to lead your organization
2. Take inventory of the assets possessed by your peers, mentors, former managers, etc.
3. Tap into individuals that will both mitigate your weaknesses but, arguably more importantly, leverage your strengths. If you identify a gap, network your way to an individual who might help.
4. Invite each individual to be part of your President's Advisory Council. Explain why you are forming the PAC, who else is participating and what that individual's role will be.
What is a PAC and how is it different from a Board?
A PAC is an informal circle of mentors, advisers and friends that provide coaching, counsel and guidance to the nonprofit Executive Director. There is a significant distinction between the Board and a PAC. Boards are formalized, meet together and delivery governance for the organization. PACs are information, often meet as individuals and deliver personal & professional guidance to the Executive Director.
Do PACs conflict or compete with the Board?
PACs are not part of the nonprofit's organizational structure and work in harmony with board governance by providing guidance and counsel.
I have a few mentors, does that mean I have a PAC?
It depends - like a board possesses the necessary skills that can optimize an organization; a PAC must be composed of individuals who possess the particular talents that must be continually fostered in that particular nonprofit leader. For example, is one of your mentors able to coach you from a finance & accounting perspective?
How can a PAC make an impact?
The ways a PAC can optimize a nonprofit leader's performance and too numerous to identify here. One critical benefit provided by a PAC is the opportunity for the nonprofit leader to sound-board ideas and concepts before taking them to individual board members, to committee or to the board itself.
What are the steps to organizing a PAC?
1. Identify the talents you need to lead your organization
2. Take inventory of the assets possessed by your peers, mentors, former managers, etc.
3. Tap into individuals that will both mitigate your weaknesses but, arguably more importantly, leverage your strengths. If you identify a gap, network your way to an individual who might help.
4. Invite each individual to be part of your President's Advisory Council. Explain why you are forming the PAC, who else is participating and what that individual's role will be.
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