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Board Governance

How Do You Hold Board Members Accountable for Their Behavior?

We work with many different boards of directors in many different types of organizations. Our mission is always to improve board governance and effectiveness. One question keeps coming up: How do you hold dysfunctional board members accountable? When board members bad mouth staff, or disrupt meetings, or stray outside their lane into operational matters, what …

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Board Governance

Lessons for a Board President

In passing the leadership torch at a non-profit organization, I was asked to name the things that effective Board presidents do. Here’s my list: Facilitate and preside over the Board meetings, starting on time, ending on time, keeping the conversation on topic, calling on people who are quiet, trying to engage everyone. Model the behaviorsb …

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Board Governance

Three Habits of High-Performing Board Committees

When Boards of Directors form committees, it is important to be clear about the committees’ purpose and role, as well as the role of committee members. In general, the purpose of committees is to be an extension of the Board of Directors. They gather information, generate options, and develop reports and recommendations for the full …

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