Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation

The effectiveness of chairs of governing bodies

Research on the leadership role of chairs of boards or management committees has been published by Charity Trustee Networks and NCVO.
It is based on a survey on perceptions of the chair leadership role, including the quality of the chair's relationships, chair impact, and the influences on chair leadership.
The least effective chairs were not seen as team players and were unable to manage inadequate performance of others.
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