The Board Leader Academy
A step-by-step guide to higher performance and impact.
Our spotlight course is designed for CEOs/Executive Directors, Board Chairs and those who are interested in leadership positions on not-for-profit, for-impact boards.
Six weeks. Eighteen lessons.
NEXT START DATE: December 4, 2023
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This course with Ken provided a renewed focus and excitement in my board work. It confirmed what I/we are doing right, provided some great suggestions for moving forward and outlined how we can improve and work together even more effectively serving our community. The resources and insights are practical and relevant and Ken is a formidable font of knowledge and support in governance. Thank you!
- Josie Chuback
Whistler Public Library
Ken Haycock has served on dozens of not-for-profit and for-profit boards, both elected and appointed, small and large, in the arts, education, libraries, government and more.
He has been a consultant to organizations and government across the continent, designing and devising orientation and training programs.
Dr. Haycock holds an MBA, MEd and AMLS in addition to a doctorate in leadership and management.
He has been on the senior leadership teams of large school boards and multi-million dollar associations as well as chairing small arts and association boards.
Currently honorary research professor at the University of Southern California, he is former director and professor emeritus at both San Jose State University and the University of British Columbia.
What You'll Learn
➔ The basics of governance as leadership – roles, structures and intentional practices that are proven to make a difference.
➔ How to develop and enhance the critical, creative and constructive partnership of the Board and your Chief Officer.
➔ The legal and financial obligations of your Board and of each board member.
➔ How to ensure sustainable resources to achieve your mission.
➔ How to develop the capabilities and capacities of your board now and into the future.
Sneak Peek Inside
Governance as Leadership.
Board Alignment. Structures. Work Plans.
Critical Roles. Chair. CEO/ED.
Intentional Practices. Meetings. Policies.
Sustainability and Success. Advocacy. Oversight.
Continual Improvement. Revitalization.
A few of the organizations we've hosted students from in this course:
"I would recommend this course to anyone who is aspiring to become a Chair or is already a Chair and is looking to improve their game. I benefitted greatly and will be applying many of the ideas that Ken shared during the course."
-Mike Walsh
Whistler Public Library
This in-depth course clarified board member roles and responsibilities completely and provided me with tools to improve and take back to our board. It sparked many ideas for discussion and improvement.
-Karen Laughland
Whistler Public Library
You might be thinking . . .
"We have a great chair. We don’t need more training."
Exceptional chairs are rare beasts and should be treasured. Exceptional chairs also become problematic when the torch does not get passed on a regular schedule. Great chairs prepare others to lead and to succeed, both in terms of success and succession. This program is designed to support that process.
"Everything is going well. We have no issues."
As we say at Better Boards. Better Communities. – you don’t have to be sick to get better. High-performing boards recognize the need for continual learning and improvement by individual board members and by the board as a whole. New perspectives and different approaches are not always apparent without sufficient exposure.
"Our Chief Executive Officer provides sufficient direction and leadership."
Excellent! You should be grateful. But you also need to realize that there is a bit of a paradox when your employee is directing the Board. You are not an advisory committee to the Chief Executive Officer. You are the employer, exercising governance as leadership on behalf of your community, however defined. Make the partnership equal – learn from outside the organization as well as from within.
"We can’t afford the cost."
The price is what Chief Executive Officers and Executive Directors told us was appropriate for even small organizations. And, isn’t it odd that the Board, as the overarching leader and employer, funds the professional and staff development of employees but cannot afford to invest in itself?
What's the investment?
$397
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