title: Benefits of a five-member board.
abstract: Large boards eat up staff time. They cost more. And they inevitably concentrate real authority in the hands of a smaller decision-making body, anyway. If your association wants to respond effectively to today's challenges, reduce your board to no more than five members, say the authors of the new book Race for Relevance: Five Radical Changes for Associations. (And they have a plan to help you get there.)
authors.affiliation: Harrison Coerver and Associates, Boca Grande, Florida, USA. harrison@harrisoncoerver.com
authors.forename: Harrison
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coerver
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Byers
mesh_terms: D006075:Governing Board; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*