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Recruiting, developing, assessing and renewing your most effective board: 20 questions for NFPs

Ensure your not-for-profit organization is set up to be the most effective, well governed version of itself, helmed by directors with the right knowledge and experience.

Not-for-profit organizations with effective boards have directors with the right mix of skills, experience, personal qualities and diversity to steer their organization toward achieving its mission. Creating the right balance on your board requires finding the right directors for the role, enriching their skills and knowledge, and developing plans for their succession. In order to sustain their effectiveness, these boards also set processes for assessing their performance, following through on results, and reporting assessment outcomes to promote confidence among stakeholders.

This publication offers a practical guide to help directors establish the necessary processes for director recruitment, development, assessment and renewal. These processes help ensure their organization is well governed by a group of directors with the right knowledge and experience, complemented with diverse viewpoints and fresh ideas.

Key takeaways: 

  • the recruiting process 
  • orienting and developing directors 
  • director assessments 
  • renewing directors 
  • disclosing governance practices to stakeholders