This course covers the various governance models with a focus on best practices and good governance. It also covers the roles and responsibilities of key leadership and staff and the importance of defining roles and empowering staff.

Learning Objectives
• Differentiate between the role of board versus staff
• Identify strategic governance best practices 
• Recognize micromanagement of staff and how to redirect that energy into the strategic areas of the organization
• Speak to the fiduciary role of board members 
• Identify their association’s governance model

Abstract
This course covers the various governance models and helps participants to identify their organization’s governance model. It also covers the roles and responsibilities of key leadership and staff, focusing on governance best practices and defining roles.  Finally, the course will take participants through 6 steps to empower staff, allowing the board to stay at the 30,000-foot strategic level and fulfill its fiduciary role.

Outline
1. Understanding your governance model
2. Roles and responsibilities 
    a. Board of directors
    b. Role of the director
    c. Role of the elected board president
    d. Role of the executive director/chief staff executive
3. Empowering staff
    a. How to empower staff
    b. Importance of empowerment