How to Maximize the Value of Your Board Meetings
Board meetings can be a great resource for your organization. They actually help you make decisions faster improve productivity and time management capabilities, boost collaboration and help bring your business closer to its goals.
Yet, they can also be lengthy boring, confusing, and confusing. A lot of boards lack the proper structure or agenda for their board meetings.
The key to the success of a meeting of a board is having an agenda that clearly defines the purpose of the meeting. It should also provide all the necessary documentation before the meeting. It’s important to limit the amount of items that are on the agenda and avoid reusing items from one meeting into the next.
In the discussion part of the meeting, be sure to focus on problems and issues that are strategic rather than simply operational. This will bring out board members› different abilities and interests, helping you draw from the full potential of their energy to engage in discussions.
The board should have the ability to consider, approve and monitor strategies that will help your company achieve its objectives. This means setting and discussing specific metrics to gauge progress. This can be done by assigning «KPIs» to each strategy, such as the retention rate of donors or clients and the amount of revenue that is acquired. Keeping these discussions focused on the most critical issues that your company faces will increase the value of each and every minute of your board meetings.