Don’t get
overwhelmed with your governance structures.
Keep them simple.
Here's three that most have:
- Board of Directors;
- Standing Committees (i.e. finance, membership, government affairs, education); and
- A Task Force for anything else since Task Force’s expire after their work is done.
And use
these three different entities to showcase your volunteers and it’s a great
proving ground for leadership in your governance structure moving forward.
What do I
mean by that?
- A rock star on a Task Force might be invited to join a Standing Committee in the future;
- A Standing Committee rock star may be asked to join the Board;
- A rock star Board member may be asked to chair a Standing Committee; and
- And those Standing Committee chairs might rise to the leadership positions on the Board (i.e., vice chair, incoming chair and eventually chair).
Just a
thought! But at least you’ll have a
track record of their leadership skills over a period of time.
That’s a
recipe for success in any governance structure.
For more
resources on governance from the Free Management Library go HERE.
And don't forget to create a scorecard for your board. You can go HERE to find a blog post on that subject!
And don't forget to create a scorecard for your board. You can go HERE to find a blog post on that subject!
