Your organization’s future will be determined through decisions made at meetings of your leaders. Read this section to learn how your organization can set standards for meetings that will lead to the best outcomes for your mission, now and in the future.

Your volunteer directors and members give generously to their organization. Indemnification allows your organization to protect these key supporters by covering legal fees that might arise through their service. Read this section to ensure your organization is a good steward of your leaders’ time and service by setting up proper indemnification protections.

Officers execute on the organization’s strategy and mission. You need the right people serving in circumstances that will empower their success in pursuing the organization’s mission. Read this section to learn how to use the roles of officers successfully, through the establishment of appropriate qualifications, terms, and positions.

Successful decision-making requires setting the stage for thorough deliberation and appropriate consensus on the most important decisions your organization will face. Read this section so you can establish standards of review and approval that increase your organization’s likelihood of success in the future.

Leaders are key to an organization, and, to support their success, you must establish effective election processes and terms of board, officer or other service. Handled wrongly, elections and terms can create or foster an unhealthy or unstable culture. Handled rightly, elections and terms enable growth, innovation, and stability. Read this section so your organization can establish election processes and term standards that embrace opportunities and avoid pitfalls.