Boards: Five Fixes to Get to Great
Episode 10 of the Seeding Social Good podcast, hosted by Katrina VanHuss, titled "Boards: Five Fixes to Get to Great" was published on March 8, 2024 and runs 25 minutes.
March 8, 2024 ·25m · Seeding Social Good
Summary
A veteran of board management and strategy, Anne Marie Forbes helps to identify, name, and address the most prevalent foibles of dysfunctional boards. We help you see the ways to reach a better place, and even show you some tools that can assist. Whether you are a board member, an Executive Director or CEO, or a staff person responsible for preparing for board meetings, this will be helpful. Discussion points: Bad recruitment—How to stop doing that. Bad onboarding—Helping board members understand their job. Connection to the strategic plan—Helping board members see and understand the connection. Board meeting preparation by staff—Prepping for the meeting without shutting down all other work and avoiding demoralizing staff when their work is not even read by the board members. Board meeting preparation by board members—Helping board members show up prepared. If you want to see the full demo of Zeck software, you can watch the webinar here: https://www.turnkeyforgood.com/webinars/boards-five-fixes-to-get-to-great
Episode Description
A veteran of board management and strategy, Anne Marie Forbes helps to identify, name, and address the most prevalent foibles of dysfunctional boards. We help you see the ways to reach a better place, and even show you some tools that can assist. Whether you are a board member, an Executive Director or CEO, or a staff person responsible for preparing for board meetings, this will be helpful.
Discussion points:
- Bad recruitment—How to stop doing that.
- Bad onboarding—Helping board members understand their job.
- Connection to the strategic plan—Helping board members see and understand the connection.
- Board meeting preparation by staff—Prepping for the meeting without shutting down all other work and avoiding demoralizing staff when their work is not even read by the board members.
- Board meeting preparation by board members—Helping board members show up prepared.
If you want to see the full demo of Zeck software, you can watch the webinar here: https://www.turnkeyforgood.com/webinars/boards-five-fixes-to-get-to-great
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