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Your Day Job Is Different Than Your “Night Job” – Article by Kelly G. Richardson, Esq.

Posted by AmberPM on May 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Serving as a volunteer director is hard enough, but it often is made more difficult by directors themselves. The problem is not a lack of good will, good thinking or hard work, but a misunderstanding about the basic nature of volunteer board service. In one’s career, whether in business, government service or elsewhere, one … Continue reading →

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