Board Fundamentals: Critical Role of the Board Chair
Board Fundamentals: Critical Role of the Board Chair
Strong Leadership is about more than running efficient meetings.
Learn key strategies to engage your board in achieving its organizational mission by:
- Gaining a better understanding of the board chair’s role;
- Exploring how to move your board towards a governance model; and
- Generating ideas for a Board Chair leadership action plan.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Describe your responsibilities as the Board Chair
- Clarify the role and responsibilities of the Executive Director and the Board
- Identify questions and conversations effectively govern your organization
- Apply meeting tools to structure productive board conversations
Suggested Participants:
Board Chairs and incoming board chairs of non-profit organizations.
Program Benefits:
Participants will learn context and gain skills to lead the board of directors in four core areas:
- Developing the board itself
- Developing the Executive Director
- Developing the organization’s capacity for relevant conversations
- Developing strong external relationships
Facilitator
Tracy Logan
Tracy Logan has served as a volunteer in many different capacities for Vantage Point since 2001. She served as both a Director and Chair of the Board, and more recently has facilitated courses including Board Roles and Responsibilities and The Critical Role of the Board Chair.
Tracy has experience in all three sectors – corporate, not for profit and government and utilizes this experience to bring a balanced perspective to her training. She also provides consulting services in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. She holds a BA from Western University and a MA, Leadership from Royal Roads.