Governance Minute: Essentials of Board Orientation

June 15, 2012
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Rebekah Burch Basinger says that board orientation should focus on the essential pieces of information that a board member needs, and the temptation to dump everything on the new member should be resisted. A good board handbook gives the board member a chance to go back and check the bylaws and other documents.

 


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