Board, Assess Thyself: Board Self-Assessment

Boards are ultimately responsible for their organization, yet they spend little time examining their performance.  Fundraising, budgets, and policies take meeting time away from the bigger picture.

A board self-assessment puts governance in perspective by allowing the board to review its responsibilities and ask “How can we improve so that we better help the organization?”  This workshop will define criteria for an effective board, outline the benefits of a board self-assessment, describe the self-assessment process, and identify steps that need to be taken after the self-assessment process.

It is necessary for boards of directors to review their performance in order to continually move in a positive direction.  BoardSource’s Board Self-Assessment board course will cover many topics explaining the self-assessment process including

• board roles
• accountability purpose of self-assessment
• benefits of self-assessment
• characteristics of a good self-assessment
• levels of board self-assessment
• self-assessment processes