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Board Governance Self-Assessment
The decision it helps you make: Is the board doing its job well: the right people, clear roles, real financial oversight and current policies?
- Who it is for
- Board chairs, board members and executive directors.
- Time
- About 10 minutes. Runs in your browser.
- What you get
- A governance score, the areas below 70%, and the work that strengthens each one. Printable report.
The full tool is in the subscriber library. Sign up for Out the Box, ToyBox's monthly newsletter, and the welcome email links to it.
Preview
Sample statements from the tool.
20 statements across board structure, roles, financial oversight, policies and engagement. Works well as a board exercise.
- Board terms and term limits are defined and followed.
- Board and staff roles are clear: the board governs, staff manages.
- Board members understand their fiduciary duties (their legal duty to act in the organization's best interest).
How to get it
Three steps to the full tool.
- 1. Sign upAdd your name and email on the Out the Box form.
- 2. ConfirmClick the link in the confirmation email.
- 3. Open the libraryThe welcome email links to all eight tools.
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