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Complete Toolkit for Boards

Corporations, whether for-profit or nonprofit, require a governing Board of Directors. Governing Boards have certain legally required duties, including duties of care, loyalty and obedience. Governing Boards can have a variety of configurations, eg, “working” (or hands-on, or administrative), “collective,” “policy,” “Policy Governance”, etc. All are types of governing Boards.
This toolkit contains a wealth of information on more than a dozen topics from board roles and responsibilities to relations with staff.

Table of Contents

Board Roles and Responsibilities
Overview of Board Roles and Responsibilities
Legal and Insurance Considerations for Board Members
Documents — Charter/Constitution/Articles, Operating Rules, Policies, etc.
Staffing the Board
Ensuring Successful Committees
Ensuring Successful Meetings
Evaluating the Board
Board and Staff Relations
Evaluating Executive Directors
Board Orientation/Training
Board Operations
Accountability of Boards
Founder’s Syndrome
General Resources