GUEST: Bonney Brown, president and co-founder of Humane Network. She was Executive Director of Nevada Humane Society for 6 years; Chief Operating Officer, National No More Homeless Pets Director and Communications Director for Best Friends Animal Society; and was National Campaign Director for Alley Cat Allies.

MAIN QUESTION: We've struggled to a hire a good leader for our organization. Someone looks great on paper or really rocks the interview, but then it does not work out well. What can we do to make sure we hire the right executive level people?

LINKS:

• Template - interview questions for an animal shelter rescue Executive Director (scroll down to the Hiring & Recruitment section for Word doc download)
• Leadership recommendation: "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg (book) (audio version)