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Working With Your Board
Creating Partnerships That Work
MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT• MaintainStatus Quo(Mission)
LEADERSHIP
Staff’s Roles
MANAGEMENT• Maintain Status
Quo(Mission)
LEADERSHIP• Create &
ManageChange(Vision)
Staff’s Roles
MANAGEMENT:Ensuring
Dependable Mission Delivery
LEADERSHIP:Achieving Vision
Inside the Mission
Board’s Roles
GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP
Governance Role
GOVERNANCE:Ensuring Public’s Trust for Mission
Delivery,Finances & Funding
Leadership Role
LEADERSHIP:Setting Strategic
Vision to Increase Impact
Partnership Roles
Board Roles
Staff Roles
Mission Driven Vision Driven
LeadershipManagement
Governance Leadership
Board & Staff Management Tasks
• Hire and support CEO• Monitor / oversee all activities, esp’ly fiscal• Ensure legal / ethical compliance• Recruit, orient & develop board• Organize / run the board / set policy
• Hire & direct staff• Implement operational plans• Orient & develop staff• Prevent & solve problems• Organize & share in fundraising
MANAGEMENT
GOVERNANCE
Board & Staff Leadership Tasks
•Create vision with ownership• Strategic / operational planning• Build board “bench strength”• Board / CEO succession planning• Provide counsel & support to CEO & staff
• Manage strategically• Secure long-term resources & alliances• Build staff “bench strength”• Develop & track success metrics• Create new opportunitiesSTAFF
LEADERSHIP
BOARDLEADERSHIP
Board-Staff Partnership Actions
Mission Delivery / Operations:• Most boards are there because of the
mission – this is both good and bad news.• Good because you want and usually get
their passion and support • Bad because they want to spend most of
their time talking about operations instead of resources
Mission Delivery / Operations:
Suggested actions: 1.) Get the board to co-create program metrics 2.) Emphasize outcome reports, not processes3.) Engage board in new program development when
needed, but bring in outside experts to help in design when possible
4.) Focus them on tying funding sources to programs5.) Periodically educate them with field trips, internal
speakers and client testimonials at board meetings
Board-Staff Partnership Actions
Financial Oversight:• Keep detailed review with the
finance committee, spend adequate but minimal time on financial reports at board meetings.
Financial Oversight:
Suggested Actions:1.) There should be 3 – 4 pieces of paper with the finance report:
- a monthly statement of activities preferably with YTD budget and actual for comparison- a monthly statement of financial position (balance sheet)- a cover page written by the board treasurer that lists any unusual activity and key financial indicators - and, if necessary, a cash flow estimate (not needed if the organization has no problems)
2.) If there is no CPA board member, recruit one to finance committee
Board-Staff Partnership Actions
Fundraising:• It is the rare board member and
an even rarer board that is both willing and effective at fundraising – staff has to find ways to make it easy to get involved.
Fundraising:
Suggested Actions:1.) Recruit at least 25% of your board with fundraising
skills2.) Educate the board at least annually in some aspect of
fundraising3.) Develop a policy of 100% board personal giving 4.) Engage your board in team asks with you or
development staff5.) Find ways to involve board members in some aspect
of fundraising
Board-Staff Partnership Actions
Planning:• Strategic planning can be a chore,
but it is the surest way to move your organization forward, instead of just going with the flow. Oftentimes, the impetus for planning comes from staff.
Planning:
Suggested Actions:1.) Educate yourself on how to do planning and do it; even if it’s
not strategic, you’ll build planning muscle2.) Recruit business members to the board to have a champion or
two3.) Hold one annual retreat each year on some topic of import to
the board, a couple of months before start of fiscal / program year
4.) Use your operational plan to report status to the board at least quarterly
5.) Hire an outside professional planning facilitator – use of staff or board is seldom satisfying
Board-Staff Partnership Actions
Micromanagement:• This is less common than
disengagement, but every bit as dysfunctional and contributes significantly to staff dissatisfaction.
Micromanagement:
Suggested Actions:1.) Hire an outside trainer to educate the board on its
roles2.) Conduct a board self-assessment (e.g., with
BoardSource instrument)3.) Get the board involved in the activities listed above4.) Have your CPA, attorney or risk manager talk to the
board about the increased liability incurred (especially in HR matters)
5.) If it’s bad enough, resign, letting them know why
Continuum of Board Involvement
Board Over-Involvement
Hijacking the organization for personal agendas Micromanagement
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Board Under-Involvement