Some things you’ll learn in our scheduled training:

• The Five Elements of a World Class Board.
• Culture is king.  Unless you address organizational and board culture first, the rest doesn’t matter.
• How to overcome organizational budget constraints and establish long-term financial health.
• Methods for building your volunteer bench strength.
• A system for keeping an ongoing strategic focus at board meetings (no more 30-minute debates on “salmon vs. chicken”).
• How to overcome board dysfunction/deal with difficult board members.
• To stay out of legal and ethical hot water.
• How to create exceptional board/staff/committee relationships.
• To use financial documents and statements as strategic management tools, not just understand how to read them.
• How to clear the deck of operations in order to make room for strategy and governance.
• To prepare for a potential crisis, such as the unexpected loss of a leader, unfavorable media exposure, devastating financial hits, legal problems, natural or human disasters, and more.
• What it takes to get the right people on the bus – and keep them aboard.

The day is structured around the Five Elements of a World Class Board.  A World Class Board:

1. Establishes an aspirational culture
2. Maintains a strategic focus
3. Executes a clearly-defined, written governance process
4. Is committed to continuous self-development and evaluation
5. Is a strategic partner with a Level 5 staff leader