Below is a list of my Governance Guides. These documents (PDF files) can be viewed, printed and/or downloaded to your own computer. They are mostly two or four pages long. Feedback on any of these is always welcome.
- Board’s Governance Calendar(Revised 2024)
- Ten Tips For Improving Your Board Meetings
- By-Laws and Policies: What is the Difference?
- Chairing a Board Meeting
- Should We Form a Board Committee?
- Governance and Financial Management
- Your Board’s Recruitment Package
- How Boards Can Have Better Conversations
- Creating a Board Member’s Manual
- Annual Reports-The Basic Ingredients
- Board-Staff E-Mail Communication
- Legal Responsibilities of Boards (New)
- What Kind of Board Are You? (Revised 2022)
- In Camera Board Sessions – Careful How You Use Them
- Managing Conflict- A Guide for Volunteer Boards
- Strategic Governance Discussion Worksheets (Distinguishing Strategy post, Nov 2013)
- Vision, Mission and Values (December 2019 -Re: Your “About Us” Page)
- A Guide To Great Board Minutes
- Guide for Non-Profit Board Secretaries
- Pros and Cons of Representative Boards
- Refurbishing Your Chair (Reprint of July 2018 post)
Board Tools
Here are some governance tools. Those in MS Word format can be adapted to your own organization.
- Board Self-Evaluation Questionnaire-Version IV Guidelines
- Board Self-Evaluation Questionnaire-Version IV
The Governing Good Board Self-Evaluation tool, 7 pages, has been revised in 2020. A MS Word copy of the Questionnaire is available on request. It is free. Please use the Contact form.
- Governance Policy Checklist (Updated January 2024) (Decloaking Policies -Oct 2020)
- Executive Director Self Evaluation (Re: Executive Evaluation Abridged post/View)
- Executive Director Self Evaluation (Re: Executive Evaluation Abridged post/MS Word Version -Download)
- Board Motivations Exercise (Re: Board Motivations post/ January 2017)
- Getting to Know One Another (Re: Kindling Board Trust post -January 2019)
- Board Ambassador Exercise (Re: Board Members as Ambassadors post – October 2019)
- Board Report Template (Re: Executive Director’s/CEO’s board report post- February 2021)