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.

Though our current series have concluded, we periodically offer workshops for new and aspiring Board members, as well as workshops for Board chairs and other executive committee leaders. Please fill out the form linked below to be notified when registration next opens.

These workshops are based on our two new board guides, Board Service Essentials: A Guide for Board Members, and Board Leadership Essentials: A Guide for Board Chairs.  

Applications are no longer being accepted for the current Leadership Lab: Collaborating with Your Board program. If you're a professional working closely with your board, we invite you to watch for future program dates.

Skills and conversations to level up your board service.

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**These workshops are based on our two new board guides, Board Service Essentials: A Guide for Board Members, and Board Leadership Essentials: A Guide for Board Chairs.**

For Professionals Working with Boards