Anil Dash 🥥🌴: Here it is: An inside look at what it’s like to serve on a board of directors, in organizations ranging from tiny non-profits all the way up to multi-billion-dollar companies. This covers many of the biggest questions people have asked me over the years. www.anildash.com/2024/06/20/d...

Here it is: An inside look at what it’s like to serve on a board of directors, in organizations ranging from tiny non-profits all the way up to multi-billion-dollar companies. This covers many of the biggest questions people have asked me over the years. www.anildash.com/2024/06/20/d...

Systems: What does a board of directors do? - Anil Dashwww.anildash.com A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Oh, this is excellent!

I’ve just been appointed to lead a board of a non-profit startup. I think this board is naturally implementing most of your guidance, but it is such a valuable resource to have a roadmap to refer to when in doubt. THX.

whatever you do, get a copy of Nonprofit Kit for Dummies - it's very US-specific, but a lot of it also applies to my charity experience in Australia and the UK

👍will do.

This post is incredibly timely for me, thank you so much for it.

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Phenomenal! Many thanks for this.

I recommend folks read Robert's Rules of Order - the "in brief" version covers a ton. Demystifies a lot of the process and intent of board decision-making robertsrules.com

Robert's Rules of Order | The Official Website of Rober'ts Rules of Orderrobertsrules.com Robert’s Rules of Order is America’s foremost guide to parliamentary procedure. It is used by more professional associations, fraternal organizations, and local governments than any other authority.

Loving how thorough this is. Thx! PS: Quick typo: "repsonding" --> "responding"

Typo fix needs board approval

board approved it! typo fixed. :)

This is excellent. I’m a Bd Secretary and have worked with large nonprofits, and I especially like your definition of fiduciary responsibilities, and how Boards have to thread the needle between rubber stamping the CEO agenda and making themselves de facto CEOs, getting too involved in operations.

This is exceptionally helpful, and I plan to ask the junior associates in my practice group to read it. Thank you!

Adding to my management and leadership syllabus. Thanks for this.

this is good

thanks!

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Thanks Anil! You mention that in your experience they've been overwhelmingly male. I wonder if that's influenced by which boards you've been on, size of company, how long ago etc. Because I've seen some info suggesting that recently, for large companies, it's more like 30% female.

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