Relish Your Role

11. Getting Your Nonprofit Board Committees to Perform

September 12, 2023 Nancy Fournier Ph.D. Season 1 Episode 11
11. Getting Your Nonprofit Board Committees to Perform
Relish Your Role
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Relish Your Role
11. Getting Your Nonprofit Board Committees to Perform
Sep 12, 2023 Season 1 Episode 11
Nancy Fournier Ph.D.

Today’s episode  will focus on your nonprofit Board committees and things you can do as an ED to get those committees focused, with a clear workplan and accountable for delivering to your organization.
Getting your Board effectively engaged takes intentional strategic work and patience.

Lack of clarity of just what they should be doing and how governance and oversight translates into concrete action results in Boards delving too deeply into areas that are not really under their purview while not addressing issues which sit squarely in their court.
A Board well trained in their role is a necessary foundational building block and it is your responsibility as an ED to make sure they receive training as well as refresher sessions on the attributes of high functioning Boards.

But you also have a responsibility to help them develop a structure to get their Board work done.  A proven structure is having focused Board committees.
The episode covers the four basic elements  of effective nonprofit Board committees.
1. Curated committee membership   2. A strong  committee chair  3. Clear committee goals and    4. Opportunities to contribute

Find more practicable tips on my website Relish Your Role. com. I have so much respect for the work you do!
Thanks for listening.

Show Notes

Today’s episode  will focus on your nonprofit Board committees and things you can do as an ED to get those committees focused, with a clear workplan and accountable for delivering to your organization.
Getting your Board effectively engaged takes intentional strategic work and patience.

Lack of clarity of just what they should be doing and how governance and oversight translates into concrete action results in Boards delving too deeply into areas that are not really under their purview while not addressing issues which sit squarely in their court.
A Board well trained in their role is a necessary foundational building block and it is your responsibility as an ED to make sure they receive training as well as refresher sessions on the attributes of high functioning Boards.

But you also have a responsibility to help them develop a structure to get their Board work done.  A proven structure is having focused Board committees.
The episode covers the four basic elements  of effective nonprofit Board committees.
1. Curated committee membership   2. A strong  committee chair  3. Clear committee goals and    4. Opportunities to contribute

Find more practicable tips on my website Relish Your Role. com. I have so much respect for the work you do!
Thanks for listening.