A Practical Video Program for Board Directors

Learn the board’s three recurring responsibilities and how directors can govern without taking over staff work.

See how the board, officers, chief executive, employees, and volunteers fit into the organization’s authority structure.

See how a board shapes strategy: setting direction, priorities, and measurable goals, without stepping into day-to-day management.

The four areas of safety the board must oversee, trusting competent staff while verifying the system with outside experts.

The third core board job: the board’s own review of its executives, checked against the approved plan and budget, on a regular annual rhythm.

The dual-meeting budget timeline, and why the approved budget is a legal limit on what officers may spend.

A director’s time, split three ways: reading before the meeting, engaging the operators in session, then deciding on motions.

Robert’s Rules in a board setting: reference the right authority, put motions in writing, know what a vote actually requires, and keep minutes that hold up.

The short record of board resolutions that outlast a director’s term, kept separate from the employee handbook.