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Wheat Organization Leaders of the Future

Getting the Most from Your Board Experience

Steve DrakeFebruary 24, 2015

Conducting Board Business

A board meeting … … is an unnatural act committed

by consenting adults!

Board’s Job

1. Establish outcomes or end results

2. Executive limitations

3. Board-staff relationships

4. Board process & responsibilities

Board’s Job

1. Establish outcomes or end results

What good?

For whom?

At what cost?

Board’s Job

2. Executive limitations

White edge lines

Establish “shall nots”

All else permitted

Board’s Job

3. Board-staff relationships

Board’s job: governing

Staff’s job: managing

Board’s Job

4. Board process & responsibilities

• Agendas• Consent agenda• Chair’s

– keep on task– involve all

• Discussion

Evaluation

• Board self evaluation

• Staff (CEO) evaluation

Board’s Job

Meeting Courtesies

• Show up

• Prepare

• Listen

• Be on time

Board’s Job

Motions, Amendments

• Don’t get overly hung up during motion process

• Main motion

• Amendments

– Vote on amendment

– Vote on main motion as amended

Engaging Discussion

• Avoid “playing devil’s advocate … substitute with “yes, and.”

• Respectful

• Listen

If there’s a Gator in the room

Move it?Go around it?Go over it?Pretend it is not there?Remove it?

Steve DrakePresident

10564 Carena CircleFort Myers, FL 33913

(314) 239-9464

CONTACT INFORMATION

[email protected]@stevedrake@causeaholic