The ways in which a common understanding of environmental challenges is established among nonprofit leaders are not clearly presented in the literature, despite the importance of such understanding as an antecedent of organizational resilience. In response to this research gap, this paper seeks to identify how such an alignment is facilitated. We use a qualitative research approach and investigate seven international nonprofit organizations whose leadership is aligned on environmental challenges. The data collection is twofold. First, leaders of these organizations, being the board chair, one board member, and the managerial executive, respond to closed and open-ended survey questions. Second, we analyze organizational documents of the participating nonprofits. This includes for example their bylaws, codes of conduct, and strategic plans. Our results indicate that transparency, clarity, flexibility, and quality relationships among the leadership are key interaction characteristics associated with leadership alignment. Good board chair leadership and board gender balance are crucial personal characteristics. The present paper provides insights to academics as well as practitioners who aim to enhance cohesion of their leadership's understanding of environmental challenges.

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建立复原力：非营利组织领导者对环境挑战的理解一致

尽管这种理解作为组织复原力的先决条件很重要，但文献中并没有明确介绍非营利组织领导者对环境挑战建立共同理解的方式。针对这一研究空白，本文试图确定如何促进这种协调。我们采用定性研究方法，调查了七个国际非营利组织，这些组织的领导力与环境挑战保持一致。数据收集是双重的。首先，这些组织的领导者（董事会主席、一名董事会成员和高管）回答封闭式和开放式调查问题。其次，我们分析参与非营利组织的组织文件。例如，这包括他们的章程、行为准则和战略计划。我们的结果表明，领导层之间的透明度、清晰度、灵活性和高质量关系是与领导层一致性相关的关键互动特征。良好的董事会主席领导力和董事会性别平衡是至关重要的个人特征。本文为旨在增强领导层对环境挑战的理解的凝聚力的学者和实践者提供了见解。