On Demand Program
Board policies can be laborious to create and execute, but we’ve found that having strong policies helps organizations in many ways, most notably providing clarity, direction, and accountability among board members. Boards simply govern better when policies guide their discussions, actions, and decisions.
Sometimes, however, Boards can get sidetracked or derailed by personal bias or unique influence that may exist among its members. When this happens, boards are governing by personality rather than policy.
How do you know when your board is governing by personality and not policy? How do you avoid this? What does policy-based governance look like? How can you ensure your board puts policies at the center of their discussions and important decision-making?
In this Quick Bite program, presented by Gonser Gerber Partner Kent Huyser, we will answer these questions and review how boards can improve their governance and overall effectiveness through policy-based governance.
Topics we will cover include:
- The role of the governance committee
- Policy versus personality-based governance
- Keys to governing by policy – what core policies should be in place?
- How do we know we are balanced?
- Discussion topics for your team
Program Details
The cost for this Quick Bite Program is $89 for non-clients, and $79 for current clients. This fee is per institution, so the whole team can participate, and includes a copy of the webinar recording and presentation to be delivered by email once the program concludes.
Gonser Gerber Institute Quick Bite Programs are less than 30 minutes in length and designed to present valuable content to the advancement profession quickly and efficiently. These are issues and topics that we think are timely, overlooked, or need to know now.
On Demand Details: After your registration, you will receive a copy of the power point presentation as well as a copy of the recording. (Please allow at least 48 business hours to receive your materials.) You will be able to share these materials with your entire team, including volunteers, and review the recording as many times as you need.
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for members of your development and advancement team who wish to strengthen the board at your organization. This could include board members, executive leaders, vice presidents, directors, advancement and foundation staff, and others who support these board members and staff teams. Once the program concludes, you will receive a recording of the program and a copy of the slides to share with additional members of your organization.
About Your Faculty
Kent Huyser, partner at Gonser Gerber, has 20 years of experience in non-profit and advancement leadership. Prior to joining Gonser Gerber, he worked in Advancement leadership positions in three different institutions of higher education in the Kansas City metropolitan area (William Jewell College, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City). Before working in the Advancement field, Kent worked for a decade at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
