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Board Duties Worksheet.

Name the board's real duties, and what is explicitly not its job, so a board that has never been told its job can see it plainly.

Part A. The current confusion

The three places the board and staff most often collide or both step back

Then choose: draw the roles fresh, or repair a blurred line

Duty	Solid / shaky / absent
Safeguard the mission and hold the organization to it
Oversee the money: budget, reserves, financial health
Oversee the legal, compliance, and major risk exposure
Hire, support, and evaluate the executive director
Act in the organization's interest above any personal one

Duty

Solid / shaky / absent

Safeguard the mission and hold the organization to it

Oversee the money: budget, reserves, financial health

Oversee the legal, compliance, and major risk exposure

Hire, support, and evaluate the executive director

Act in the organization's interest above any personal one

Not the board's job	Clear / blurred
The day-to-day management of the organization
Hiring and supervising staff below the executive
Running the programs
Second-guessing operational decisions the board delegated

Not the board's job

Clear / blurred

The day-to-day management of the organization

Hiring and supervising staff below the executive

Running the programs

Second-guessing operational decisions the board delegated

The read: your absent duties are your oversight gaps, and your blurred not-the-board's-job items are your meddling risks.

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