It takes a partnership of the board president and the executive director to sustain good governance and management. Consideration should be given to whose role it is when carrying out governance and management duties.
Bob Harris CAE has prepared a list below that applies to many non profits. Its a good guide line however the size, mandate, budget and sector do make for some slight differences, when in doubt please go to my site www.realboardsolutions.com to the Ask the Consultant’ section and send in your question for clarification.
It helps when the responsibilities are clear to the board, president, committees and executive director. Use the chart below to discuss the distinction of board and staff roles within your organization.
About the Author
Bob Harris, CAE, provides free governance tools and templates at The NonProfit Center. He is on the faculty for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has worked in Amman, Jordan, Tokyo, Japan, Kiev, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus to help organizations. Bob received “Association Partner of the Year” award from Association Trends Magazine in 2012, and he has authored books on association management. To improve management he created the Association Self-Auditing Process, used by more than 20,000 organizations. He believes that nonprofit organizations should be as efficient as any commercial business.
