Posts in 'Roles and Responsibilities'

The Five Phases of Board Development

Boards of directors and boards of trustees are similar to other groups in that they go through various stages or phases of change. Certain aspects of...

Financial Questions Boards Should Ask

Use this list of financial questions as a guide to meeting your duty of financial oversight.

Board's Role in Fiscal Oversight

Make sure your board understands their role, responsibilities, and key questions to ask with this helpful overview.

Board's Role in CEO Compensation

This resource from Nathan Wechsler & Company looks at which factors you need to take into consideration when determining reasonable compensation for...

The Practitioner’s Guide to Governance as Leadership: Building High-Performing Nonprofit Boards

“A stimulating and thought-provoking read, The Practitioner’s Guide to Governance as Leadership challenges readers to consider the psycho-social...

Financial Literacy for Nonprofit Boards

Financial literacy is about more than being able to read financial reports without breaking a sweat and adopt budgets that will serve nonprofits well...

Distinguishing a Board's Steering and Rowing Work

As described in the book Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards, to govern comprehensively, boards work in three modes...

Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards

What are the basic responsibilities of nonprofit boards? This list from BoardSource offers a quick easy reference that you can use in your boardroom.

Board's Role in Finance

Kirk Leoni, CPA, discusses the role that each board member should play in overseeing a nonprofit's finances.

Here We Go Again: The Cyclical Nature of Board Behavior

An examination of the cyclical nature of board behavior, it's various stages, and what they mean for the organization.