Posts Tagged ‘Committees’

“Why are we in need of committees? Our Board members have enough to do without going to extra meetings.”
That’s a common complaint I hear while consulting various clients. The answer is simple, committees are the work horses of the board.
Committees are where the board finds solutions to problems and challenges that represent [...]

Let’s spend a little time talking about how the Board gets it’s work done. I have written in past blogs about Boards and that Board meetings should be all about education and inspiration, strategic thinking and making policy decisions. So where does the work get done if not at the Board meetings? In committees, task [...]

I hear the complaints wherever I go, from board Chairs and executive directors.
 
What’s wrong with our board members. I can’t get them to come to meetings. I can’t get them to follow-up on commitments they make. I can’t get them to fund raise.
 
These complaints are so prevalent, that there must be something wrong with the [...]