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Broken Engagement: Why Has Our Board Checked Out? How Do We Fix It? April 12, 2018 ArtsFund’s convenings series is sponsored by The Boeing Company
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Broken Engagement:Why Has Our Board Checked Out?How Do We Fix It?April 12, 2018
ArtsFund’s convenings series is sponsored by The Boeing Company
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Rena Henderson Mason• Board Development• Strategic Planning• Executive Coaching• Training & Facilitation• Board – Arts Alliance Illinois
AgendaWhat Is Board Engagement? When Does It Break Down?Why Does It Break Down?How Can You Fix It?Situations When Boards DisengageAction Plan
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Audience PollTell us about your primary role:
Non-profit CEO Board Chair Soon to be Board Chair Senior staff Board officer Consultant
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The Engaged Board
Engagement
Shows Up
Participates Connects
Reflects & Renews
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Board and committee meetings
Events
Funder meetings
Community meetings
The EngagedBoard Shows Up
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Actively Participates
The EngagedBoard
Personal contribution
Healthy debate
Leads board, committee or task force
Enhances culture
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Connects Recruits board
members
Identifies donors
Asks for donations
Attracts other resources
Advocates for mission
Develops positive board relationships
The EngagedBoard
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Reflects and RenewsRecruiting process
Orientation
Assessments
Structure and design
Retreats
Exit Interview
The EngagedBoard
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My board’s primaryengagement challenge is:
Showing Up Active Participation Connecting Resources Reflecting and Renewing
Audience Poll
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Enhance Engagement
Engagement
Shows Up•Meetings•Expectations•Recruiting Process
Participates•Leadership•Expectations•Recruiting Process
Connects•Expectations•Training•Recruiting Process
Reflects & Renews•Expectations•Accountability•Recruiting Process
Howto
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Walk In YourBoard’s Shoes
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Is it exciting or scary?
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Are you blazing new trails or stuck in the mud?
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Can they stop and smell the roses or do
they run from the stench?
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Do the shoes fit?
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My board’s overall operations can be described as: Highly functional Good, but could be stronger Neither good nor bad Showing signs of stress Highly dysfunctional
Audience Poll
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Questions?
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When Does It Break Down?Identify
Cultivate
Recruit
Orient
InvolveEducate
Evaluate
Rotate
Celebrate!
Source: BoardSource
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When Engagement Breaks Down
Identify
Cultivate
Recruit
Orient
WhySmall candidate poolLimited number of entry pointsPoor fitLack of clarity about expectationsToo many membersPoor onboarding No process or poorly executed process
Before Their First Meeting
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Generate large pool of prospectsMultiple entry pointsScreen thoroughlyRightsizeHonesty about expectationsInvest in orientation and trainingHave a process - Do not skip a step
Enhance Engagement
Howto
Before Their First MeetingIdentify
Cultivate
Recruit
Orient
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When Engagement Breaks DownDuring Meetings
WhyAccountability & Behaviors Ineffective leadership–Chair
and/or CEO Poor recognition Lack of team building Bad behavior/toxic culture
Content & Design Committees not functioning Boring and trivial Lack of balance Fiduciary vs. Generative Operations vs. Governance Reporting vs. Discussing Concentrated vs. Shared
Leadership
Educate
Involve
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Content & DesignCommittees functioningDashboardsMission momentEducate vs. reportGenerative thinking Link to strategic planAppropriate time allocations
Enhance Engagement
Howto
During MeetingsEducate
InvolveAccountability & BehaviorsShared and dynamic leadershipCulture of inquiry Team building Individual recognitionModel good behaviorHave fun
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Lack of accountabilityConcentrated leadership Ineffective leadership–
Chair and/or CEOCommittees not functioning Lack of team buildingPoor recognitionBad behavior/toxic culture
When Engagement Breaks DownAfter and Between Meetings
Why
Educate
Involve
Evaluate
Rotate
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Actions tied to strategic planShared leadershipHigh performing leadershipAccountabilityCommittees functioningRelationship building Individual recognitionModel good behaviorHave fun
Enhance Engagement
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After and Between Meetings
Educate
Involve
Evaluate
Rotate
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Audience PollMy Board’s engagementbreaks down:
Before the first meetingDuring the meetingsAfter the meetingsAt every stage
Situations WhenBoards Disengage
Leadership transitionsBoard Chair and/or CEO dysfunctionBefore and after major fundraising eventsOrganizational transitionsResistance to change Financial crisesOthers?
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Your To-Do List What have I done this week to engage my
board? Evaluate engagement before, during and
after meetings Develop strategies for specific situations What are the activities that will have an
impact 3 months, 1 year, 3 year and 5 years from now?
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ResourcesBoardSource:
1. The Board Building Cycle: Nine Steps to Finding, Recruiting, and Engaging Nonprofit Board Members
2. Meeting, and Exceeding Expectations: A Guide to Successful Nonprofit Board Meetings
3. Boardroom Chemistry – Getting Your Board to Govern As A Team
4. Recruiting a Stronger Board
5. Getting on Board with Effective Orientation
General:
1. Meetings Suck by Cameron Herold
2. Death By Meeting by Patrick Lencioni 29
Summary Keeping your board engaged is hard
work
It begins with the recruiting process
Distribute accountability throughout the board
Build it into the board’s culture, values and activities
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Questions?
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Rena Henderson Mason
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