Boards are a critical part of organizational success and their ability to carry out their mission.
The following resources are designed to increase and expand the capacity of leaders, to develop and engage board members, and leverage their role in achieving healthy, thriving organizations. Resources include board recruitment and governance, evaluating and leveraging board skills and experience, and establishing an annual board calendar for tracking progress.
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TREC’s learning guides serve as your personal tour guide to our expansive free resource library. Each guide allows you to quickly explore a curated group of resources, webinars, or topical collections on a specific subject to help you dive in.
Bringing Out the Best in Your Board
Boards are our most valuable volunteers. When Boards are successful and engaged, they can provide guidance, support, and increase your organization’s capacity. Is your Board performing at their full potential?
Board Governance Policies & Procedures
This collection will get your board started in creating board governance policies and procedures.
Effective Executive Director Evaluations
Annual evaluation of the ED is perhaps the Board of Director’s most critical tool in monitoring and ensuring the overall health of a non-profit. This collection offers guidance, tools, and templates for conducting annual performance evaluations and resources to help with ongoing feedback between Boards and Executive Directors.
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Succession Planning
Transitions in Leadership
A board’s most important job is to set up an organization to succeed through its executive director. This collection will guide boards though all the major transitions that they face with Executive Directors, from hiring to onboarding, to the ED’s departure.
Emergency Executive Director Succession and Contingency Planning & Template
This resource provides a roadmap and Emergency ED Succession Plan Template to create a plan for your organization.
Strategy & Visioning
Strategic Planning Guide
Developing your organization’s strategic plan can be the most valuable investment of time and energy your group ever makes. This collection guides you through the planning, design, and implementation process for your personalized strategic plan.
Boards & Staff Roles
Board v. Staff Role Guide
One of the most persistent challenges in nonprofit governance is confusion about the respective roles of boards and staff. The table below delineates typical board v. staff roles in a mature nonprofit with a governing board, as well as areas of collaboration.
Board vs. Executive Director Policy Approval Guide
This guide clarifies which organizational policies typically require Board of Directors approval and which may be enacted or updated by the Executive Director. It is intended to support clear governance and management boundaries
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