  Help for Boards of Non-ProfitsThe collapse of Enron, Global-Crossing and WorldCom changed the landscape for for-profit organizations. Surfacing scandals at the Nature Conservancy and 9/ll relief organizations are changing the landscape for non-profit organizations as well. In 2002, Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires that publicly traded companies adhere to new governance standards that broaden board members' roles in overseeing financial transactions and auditing procedures. Currently, the Senate is considering similar legislation for governance of non-profit organizations. This new landscape is often hard for boards and CEOs to negotiate. What are individual board members' responsibilities to the non-profit organization in this new world? What is the board's collective responsibility? What is management's? How does the borderline of responsibility get set? What happens when the board and management disagree about responsibilities? We provide services both to boards and management in traveling this new and sometimes rocky terrain. Boards also have ongoing problems with strategic planning, recruiting new members and making the best use of all talents. CEOs often have trouble keeping board members appropriately involved. We provide services to boards and management in traveling this old and sometimes slippery terrain as well. Services we have provided to our clients in this area are: Differentiating board and management roles and responsibilities ● Managing conflict between CEOs and boards ● Designing performance management tools for boards to evaluate CEOs ● Creating board profiles to strategically fill vacancies ● Orienting boards ● Facilitating strategic planning ● Facilitating organizational mergers and writing new by-laws Some boards we have recently worked with are: ● Community Action Council, Lexington, KY ● Fayette County Bar Association ● Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY ● Project Read, Richmond, KY ● Ronald McDonald Charities, Lexington, KY ● University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Alumni Association ● University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union Board
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