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Roles and responsibilities of directors and officers, board orientation and training, ethics, evaluation and building effective committees.
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Coops as Tools
Build skills for assessing needs in a community context, build skills for identifying when a cooperative is and isn’t an appropriate solution to meet needs
Course of Professional Development 
Craft Your Elevator Speech
An elevator speech is a concise, easily articulated description of your organization. The term comes from the need to communicate a message in the time it takes to ride an...
Creating A Treasurers Guide 
Decision Making in Membership Organizations
Cooperatives are unique business organizations. Many of their unique characteristics have a direct impact on how decisions are made, as well as the ultimate outcome of those decisions. This study...
Director role Profile
An example role profile for a director of a co-operative board
Directors Asking Necessary Questions
This report presents questions that directors should ask when carrying out their responsibilities. The questions pertain to a host of issues and circumstances confronting directors. They are intended to remind...
Directors Wear Many Hats
What hat was she wearing, a chapter director, a board member? She was appointed to the board because the bylaws permit representation from each chapter.
Don’t just sit there
It's true of so many things, but especially seminars and conferences: You get out of chem what you put into chem. To encourage attendees to make the most of your...
Due Diligence for Directors
Guidance questions for a due diligence process for a new co-operative director
Duties and Responsibilities of Cooperative Board Members
Members of the board of directors of a cooperative have the same duties and responsibilities as those of board members in any other business.
Dysfunctional Boards – Symptoms and Cures
A dysfunctional board can hinder an organization's progress through indecision, inaction, or inertia.
Electrical Maintenance in Residential Buildings
While cooking fires are typically the most common type of fire in the community housing sector, electrical fires appear to be increasing in frequency due to aging infrastructure. These fires...
Emergency Leadership Transition Plan
If an organization’s CEO/executive director abruptly resigns, is fired, or is otherwise unable to lead the organization, it is vital to have an emergency transition plan in place.
Employee Performance Evaluation
Several association executives have provided sample employee performance evaluation tools. These examples are aimed at evaluating employees- NOT the chief executive officer
Engaging your community – A Toolkit for Partnership, Collaboration, and...
This Toolkit is intended to assist organizations in the adolescent pregnancy prevention and parenting field with cultivating strategic partnerships,
Enhancing the Weakest Link
An association with a network of components should have mechanisms to maintain standards of excellence.
Epiphany Essential Leadership Coaching Guide
You’ve likely experienced a few significant shifts and challenges in your work environment as leaders and priorities collectively respond and adjust to COVID-19. Some organizations are thriving, some are sinking,...
Essential Board Member Skills_ Listen More, Talk Less
When I was asked which skill was most essential for board members, I immediately considered one that I thought they should definitely master: listening.
Essential Company Director
An essential guide on the duties and responsibilities of a co-operative Company Director
Establishing a Board of Directors
Legally, an incorporated organization must have a minimum number of directors who are appointed to specific official positions, such as president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
ethics
Business ethics is a highly discussed and debated subject in today’s corporate and business world, as well as in educational and academic circles.
Evaluating Board Performance
The last item on the agenda was “Board Evaluation.” The board packet included a form for a self-evaluation --- sort of a report card for the board.
Evaluation Board Survey
Bob Harris, CAE, will facilitate the strategic planning meeting. He has asked members of the leadership team (and senior staff) to answer these questions prior to the planning session. (He will...