Growth Exchange
Work Effectively with your Board
Board Needed for Governance
- It’s the law
- The governing or policy‐setting body
- Sets strategic direction
- Provides expertise
- Accepts legal responsibility
- Assume fiduciary roles for the organizations well‐being
Board’s Role
- Determine mission and purpose
- Select Chief Executive
- Support and evaluate the Chief Executive
- Ensure effective planning
- Monitor and strengthen programs and services
- Ensure adequate financial resources
- Protect assets and provide financial oversight
- Build a competent board
- Ensure legal and ethical integrity
- Enhance the organization’s public standing
The Director’s Role
- Promote the organization (ambassador)
- Participate in the organization (volunteer)
- Safeguard ethics and values (guardian)
- Duty of care
- Duty of loyalty
- Duty of responsibility
Constructive Partnership
Exceptional boards govern in constructive partnership with the
chief executive
This is accomplished through:
- Role clarification
- Trust and respect
- Communication
- Performance feedback
Clear Expectations
Job Descriptions
- Leadership
- Governance
- Oversite
- Duties
Agreement / Expectations
- Meeting attendance
- Committee engagements
- Special projects
- Give or get requirements
- Attendance at functions
- Outreach and connections
Intentional Recruitment
- Determine need
- Take inventory
- Identify gaps
- Set goal number
- Always building potential candidate pool
- Review pool
- Vet candidates
- Full board approval
Succession Planning
- Be planning for who will be the next leader
- And the one after that
- And the one after that
Organization Structures
- By‐laws
- Procedures
- Term limits
- Officer planning
- Ensuring transitions
Board Relationships
- Build a relationship with each member of your board
- Know their skills
- Know why they have chosen to serve
- Know what they hope to accomplish
- Engage them individually
Chair Relationship
- Determine how you will work most effectively together
- Meet at least once a month
- Consult with them for their perspective
- Communication
Communication
- Intentional
- Regulate
- Timing
- Alert
- Reinforce
Meetings
- Structure
- 1/3 looking back
- 2/3 looking forward
- Align with mission and strategic plan
- Discussion and decisions not being talked at
- Board members taking the lead
- Be strategic and plan for the year
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