Governance

When trustee boards are effective, the whole organisation feels the benefit. Public confidence increases. It motivates staff, donors, regulators and of course the beneficiaries, whose voice needs to be heard in the right way.

It makes sense to use external facilitation for your board’s professional development.

- It frees up the chairperson to take part in the development process.
- It reduces subjectivity and allows fresh stimulus.
- It can help to challenge mediocrity and inspire best practice.
- It can be an impartial resource for conflict resolution.

Every organisation is different and every board is unique.

Do you have the tools for assessing your own board’s effectiveness?

Are your board members working well together?
How do you find candidates and train new members?
How do you build an excellent rapport with the executive team?
If you are the CEO, how would you like to improve your board relationships?

Is it time to consider the next step in your own board’s development?

Here at Oxford Leaders, we offer a facilitation service based on our worldwide experience of assessing and supporting non-profit boards, bringing a fresh evaluation and self-development process into your organisation. We aim for simplicity, efficiency and increasing trust in the leadership. We are committed to being cost-effective, and of course our service is confidential.

Board development can be inspiring, refreshing and reassuring. In our view it should also be enjoyable! Do call us to arrange an informal discussion, or send us a quick memo via our contact page. If you decide to use our service, we hope you will one day be able to make comments like these:

“As Chairman, I am not only more conscious of my own fiduciary responsibilities, but the whole board is more aware of its strengths and weaknesses and can identify the gaps in our membership that need to be filled in the year ahead.”

“Our strategic directions are now more relevant and we can measure the quality of our field work. Leadership development… how did we manage without it?”

“Our board became more focused when we defined our role, agreed new term limits and set out a plan for the recruitment and rotation of members.”

“I like the tailor-made approach because our board is not neat and tidy like some people think it should be; we have been able to improve our standards without losing our own identity.”