Advisory Board Best Practices: Roles and Advice
“Don’t worry, we’ll create an advisory board so you can stay involved,” says an incoming board chair to his predecessor. The not uncommon gesture is extended, of course, with enthusiasm,…
Recruiting Board Members: A Plan and a Process
Is it better to have several vacant board seats than to have those same seats filled by ineffective board members? Is it better to risk giving a “yea” vote to…
How to Run a Board Meeting
Running a board meeting can be a complicated affair. Whether you are the board chair worrying about maintaining focus and facilitating engagement or the board liaison preoccupied with the difficulties…
Board Member Election Process: Secrets for Success
Board elections culminate in the selection of new board members and officers, but where does the board election process actually begin? For a nonprofit organization with a traditional board structure,…
Board Orientation Packets: Following The Goldilocks Rule
You have to hand it to Goldilocks. In addition to fearlessly entering ferocious bears’ dens, this young lady knew precisely what she liked. When it came to bowls of porridge…
Tips from the Hot Seat: How to be a Better Board Chair
When the executive director of a sizeable nonprofit organization mentioned his board chair had stopped speaking to him, I was speechless. For the third time in as many years, I…
How to Hold New Board Member Orientation
Large or small, every board of directors should hold an orientation for new board members because it benefits the organization, including the scope of people it serves. All boards have…
What are a Board Member’s Responsibilities?
As a whole, the board of directors bears a legal responsibility to govern a corporation. Fulfilling that responsibility encompasses many individual roles and responsibilities. Each board member brings different strengths,…
What are the Non-Executive Director Responsibilities?
As a whole, the board is collectively responsible for moving the company towards forward progression by directing the company’s affairs. A Non-Executive Director shares many of the same responsibilities as…
Corporate Secretary Roles and Responsibilities
State corporation laws require every corporation to designate a corporate secretary. Corporate law allows corporations the latitude to outline the powers and duties of the Corporate Secretary in their by-laws.…
