I also wonder if commercial Boards understand that growing the business is ultimately more important than looking after the CEO emotionally or similar. So they exert pressure to perform, including potentially ‘levelling’ senior staff, that nonprofits are less likely to do.
Couple that with a lack of supply for these jobs (I don’t know how many senior people are clamouring to work for EA orgs, versus people who want to be CEO of a 100-person company) and I think it leads to stagnation.
I also wonder if commercial Boards understand that growing the business is ultimately more important than looking after the CEO emotionally or similar. So they exert pressure to perform, including potentially ‘levelling’ senior staff, that nonprofits are less likely to do.
Couple that with a lack of supply for these jobs (I don’t know how many senior people are clamouring to work for EA orgs, versus people who want to be CEO of a 100-person company) and I think it leads to stagnation.