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
