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Standards for Excellence 3.0 Educational Resource Packet 07
Leadership & Governance Part 1: The Board’s Fiduciary Responsibility 6
7.1: The Uniquely Collaborative Leadership Style of Nonprofits – Team Leadership 6
7.1.1: Boards, executives, and key volunteers working together 7
7.1.2: Attributes of successful collaborative leadership styles 7
7.1.3: Frequent pitfalls in working together – including equity and bias dynamics 8
7.2: Understanding the Line Between Management and Governance 8
7.2.1: The board’s governance and fiduciary responsibility 10
7.2.2: The board’s responsibility for the practices around the business model 12
7.2.3: Staff support of the board’s fiduciary responsibility 12
7.2.4: Governance in volunteer-run organizations (who also offer all of the programming) 13
7.2.5: Why board independence matters 13
7.2.6: Defining roles of management and governance 14
7.2.7: Sorting out board and staff roles and responsibilities 14
7.2.8: Board’s regular review of its bylaws and governing policies 16
7.2.9: Beyond fiduciary – generative thinking and strategy setting 17
7.2.10: The difference between policy and practices (what the board ratifies vs how staff and volunteers fulfill policy as practices) 18
Selected Resources for Board Member Responsibilities 19
References 19
Books and Articles 19
Websites 20
Attachments 21
Attachment 7A: Chart: Leadership: Board, Staff, and Volunteers Lifecycles 22
Attachment 7B: Leadership Roles in Management and Governance 24
Attachment 7C: Model Bylaws – General 25
