Professional leadership and board leadership are the twin engines that make nonprofits soar.

When this partnership works, it can add tremendous value. When it doesn’t, it can be destructive. Leading Edge strives to create and test programs, tools, resources, and opportunities to strengthen board-professional relationships and make Jewish organizations Leading Places to Serve.

Professionals and lay leaders are the twin engines that make nonprofits soar, and the Board Chair-CEO relationship is the critical joint that holds them together. When this partnership works, it can add tremendous value. When it doesn’t, it can be counterproductive. 

Leading Partners is a practical, replicable structure for improving these relationships and elevating the way boards and executives lead nonprofits into this uncertain future.

Strengthening board leadership and empowering the board-professional partnership.

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Because our future depends on strong board-professional partnerships. Professionals and boards are the twin engines that make nonprofits soar. 

Skills and conversations to level up your board service.

We will host our Workshop Series For Board Members two times in 2025. Each workshop will offer differentiated content, expert guidance, and actionable insights for improving board service and expanding impact. Board members can register for all of the workshops or target the session most relevant to their board work.

Skills and conversations to level up your board service.

Workshops for Board Members

Fall Board Workshops

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