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Guide for Board Chairs
Leading a board is a challenge that requires wisdom, determination, and a certain understanding of governance practices. It’s a position with potential pitfalls but also great rewards. To help navigate this path, we’ve created a brief guide for board and committee chairs.
Introducing our “Survival Guide for Board Chairs” – a brief guide designed specifically to empower chairs to lead with confidence, influence, and effectiveness.
A Brief Guide for Board and Committee Chairs
- Before the meeting, help craft the meeting agenda
- Keep the group on topic, gently guiding errant directors back to the issue at hand
- Keep to the schedule in general, but don’t be a prisoner of the budgeted times
- Help new or reluctant directors to contribute to the discussion.
- Help the group explore the topic to the appropriate depth.
- Guide the group toward consensus whenever possible.
- Evaluate and keep track of requests to management.
- Guide executive session discussion of the group’s performance.
- Special cases.