Relish Your Role
Relish Your Role is hosted by Nancy Fournier Ph.D., Relationship Strategist for Women Nonprofit EDs. This show offers practical guidance and support to women leaders of nonprofit organizations who want to strengthen their many work relationships and regain control over their time. Episodes will cover how to delegate with confidence, inspire your board, develop healthy work habits, and other topics to help you have time to re-energize your creative process and run your agency with authentic power. The show will also provide actionable tips in response to the unique challenges confronting women EDs. Nancy has over 30 years of experience in nonprofit management, board training and executive coaching.
Relish Your Role
11. Getting Your Nonprofit Board Committees to Perform
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!
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