The Governance Gray Zone: Navigating Board and Staff Roles and Decision-Making
In this practical webinar, we’ll explore one of the most common sources of tension in nonprofit organizations: confusion about the respective roles of boards and staff. Drawing on governance lessons from the field and TREC’s practical Board v. Staff Role Guide, participants will learn how to distinguish between governance, management, and the critical gray zone where boards and staff work together.
The Governance Gray Zone: Navigating Board and Staff Roles and Decision-making
In this practical webinar, we’ll explore one of the most common sources of tension in nonprofit organizations: confusion about the respective roles of boards and staff.
The Board’s Role in a Leadership Transition
In an Executive Director (ED) transition, the board’s role is to ensure organizational continuity, maintain stakeholder confidence, and oversee the hiring and onboarding of the next leader. The board’s role…
Acting vs Interim Executive Director: Board Decision Worksheet
This worksheet is a practical tool designed to help nonprofit boards determine whether their organization requires an Acting Executive Director (ED) or an Interim Executive Director (ED) during a leadership vacancy or temporary absence.
Executive Director Transition Planning Worksheet
This worksheet can help an Executive Director or Senior Leader organize the considerations, decisions, and handoff tasks involved in a planned transition. The information gathered will help to build the transition plan.
Following a Founder or Long-Term Leader: A worksheet for new Executive Directors
This worksheet is designed to help a new ED step into leadership with clarity, especially when following a founding or very long-term ED whose relationships, decision-making habits, and public identity may be deeply woven into the organization.
Who’s the Boss Here? (A Candid Guide to Nonprofit Board vs. Staff Roles)
One of the most persistent challenges in nonprofit governance is confusion about the respective roles of boards and staff. Who is advising? Who is deciding? Who is responsible for doing the work?
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 Governance Policies & Procedures
This collection will get your board started in creating board governance policies and procedures.
Impactful Board Meetings in Chaotic Times: Shifting from Report-Outs to Real Engagement
As boards and leaders struggle to focus in the face of chaos, board meetings can trend toward burnout and defaulting to low-value report outs instead of engaged, strategic conversations. This webinar isn’t “10 tips to make your board meetings more engaging.” It’s about co-creating ideas to keep boards motivated and focused, and above all, helpful in guiding EDs as they make mission-critical decisions in these turbulent times.