Workshops

Roles and Responsibilities
of an Effective Board of Directors

This program has been especially designed to focus a board of directors on specifically what their role is in running an effective and successful organization. The session is based on the work of John Carver, the Drucker Foundation, the Nonprofit Center, the Harvard Board Governance Program and John Spence’s personal experience as a former Executive Director of an international Rockefeller foundation and his service as a director on a number of community and university boards.

This workshop covers:

» Roles and responsibilities of a director
» Where boards go wrong, waste time and micro-manage
» The board – executive relationship
» The job description for an effective board member
» How a superior board meeting should run
» The role of a board member as a fundraiser (when appropriate)
» Building a realistic board governance model

The final workshop in this session will help the board develop a list of specific steps that must be taken to improve the board and it’s support of the organization

John has delivered this program to more than 80 non-profit and community boards across the United States. Groups such as The Boys & Girls Club, United Way, Tupelo Community Development Foundation, Pi Kappa Phi and Delta Delta Delta national fraternities, American Fraternity Association, Florida Recreation and Parks Association, Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, City of Clearwater, City of Ocala, City of Safety Harbor and many other volunteer boards have all benefited from John’s experience and expertise in helping directors to clearly understand what their role is and how they can best serve their organization.

** If time and budget allow, John can administer a custom “Board Effectiveness Survey” to assess how well the board functions presently and to identify particular areas of strength or concern. He will then present his findings and recommendations in an executive report as part of the workshop. This report is often the catalyst needed to make a board realize that they must change, while helping them to identify where they are weak and what steps are required to move the board toward becoming a more high performance team.

 
 

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