Governance: Is your mission, vision, and plan for the future crystal clear?
Governance Sessions
Your Board Wasn't Born Perfect: New Approaches to Strengthen Your Board and Your Mission
The efficacy with which our boards work together directly impacts an organization's ability to advance its mission. Particularly in this era of hybrid work and virtual board meetings, we have new volunteer leaders who may have never had in-person time with their fellow board members, making it difficult for the board to operate as a team.
This highly valuable session will explore the differences between a board orientation for new board members, a board refresh for returning, and a board onboarding for the group as a whole.
Session attendees will walk away with new ideas and practical approaches on how to:
Structure their board for greater success as individual leaders and together as a unit
Refine organizational definitions of orientation, refresh, and onboarding
Customize a process of board training through these three lenses
Discuss and design what success will look like within the entire process
Board Assessment: Reflections on Excellence & Effectiveness
As board members are elected to and rotate off their term of service, we have an opportunity to step back and reflect on the board as a whole. This session will provide an assessment framework to help you evaluate the current health of your board, better recognize strengths, and identify opportunities for refinement and greater impact. Additionally, we will take time to examine the following questions:
What roles and responsibilities align with the purpose of a board (versus the staff)?
Is the board legally, fiscally, and strategically focused?
Is the board successfully acting as the voice and face of the organization’s goals, direction, and efforts?
Is the board prioritizing goals that stay true to the association’s mission?