Helping Boards Govern with Clarity and Confidence
You have a board full of high-caliber and motivated people, yet do your meetings feel long, and do you wonder if the group is truly moving the organization forward?
Board Coaching for a Better Way to Govern
I partner with boards and executives to establish and implement clear governance practices that improve decision-making, create healthier board–executive relationships, and enable the organization to lead, grow, and steward its mission more effectively.
Made up of proven strategies and practical tools, the framework includes:
The Roles, Responsibilities, and Actions of the Board
Turning the Strategic Plan Into a Fundraising Tool
Governance Clarity Matrix
The CEO/ED-Chair Covenant
Board Agenda and Packet Redesign
Dashboard Redesign
Board and CEO/ED Assessments
CEO/ED Succession Planning
Additional Tools and Resources
Workshops and Implementation Options:
Turning Your Strategic Plan Into a Fundraising Tool Workshop
(60 Minutes - FREE)
A strong strategic plan should not only guide the organization internally; it should help donors understand where the organization is going, why it matters, and how their generosity helps move the mission forward. We explore this topic in more detail and start the process of transforming your strategic plan into actionable fundraising steps.
Effective Board Meetings Workshop
(60 Minutes - FREE)
Most board meetings are filled with reports, updates, and routine approvals—but they often leave too little room for the conversations that matter most. This workshop helps participants rethink how they structure their agenda so meeting time is focused on the board’s highest-value work: strengthening strategy, protecting organizational health, supporting executive leadership, and improving board effectiveness.
Board Effectiveness Workshop
(60 Minutes - FREE)
This interactive workshop helps boards and executive leaders understand how boards add their greatest value—and why many well-intentioned boards unintentionally underperform. Through a practical introduction to the roles, responsibilities, and actions of the board, participants will develop a governance matrix, which creates shared language and a clearer path toward healthier, more effective board leadership.
Board Reset Workshop
(half or whole day)
This workshop helps boards reduce friction, improve decision-making, and focus on the work that matters most. Using proven governance tools—from the three roles of the board and decision rights to agenda, covenant, and dashboard redesign—boards leave with a clearer, more effective way of working together.
Monthly Retainer
(no long-term contract)
I partner with your board and executive leaders to embed effective governance into real meetings and decisions. Through ongoing coaching, board meeting participation, and CEO–chair conversations, the framework becomes a lived practice—not just a one-time workshop.