1. Changing the Table – 21st Century Board Development

2. PAUL SCHMITZ CEO, LEADING INSIDE OUT
Leadership is a muscle that everyone has, and it only gets stronger with exercise and practice. To solve complex problems, we must build the collective leadership muscle of our organizations and communities.
PAUL SCHMITZ CEO, LEADING INSIDE OUT

3. Program Objectives Understand Board Service Changing the Table
Board Member Responsibilities and Expectations
Changing the Table
Board Diversity & Leadership

4. Board Members Legally Required Duties
Duty of Care – exercise “reasonable care when making a decision for the organization
Duty of Loyalty – act in the best interest of the organization/ maintain confidentiality
Duty of Obedience - be faithful to the organization's mission. He or she cannot act in a way that is inconsistent with the organization's goals.

5. Board Responsibilities
Determine, monitor & strengthen programs & services
Enhance the organizations public standing
Ensure legal & ethic integrity
Recruit & orient board
Mind the mission
Select, support & review Ex. Director
Ensure effective organizational planning
Oversee effective management of resources

6. Board Member Expectations
Commit to mission
Act Strategically
Ensure a strong board
Participate in fundraising
Actively support programs & services
Promote marketing & PR

7. The Table Board Source 2015 Governance Index
45% of the boards & 69% of the CEO’s are dissatisfied with their board diversity
71% of the boards & 75% of the CEO’s believe a more diverse board would make them better at fulfilling their mission
Yet since 2010, board diversity has only grown four percent. Ninety percent of board chairs, 80 percent of boards, and 89 percent of CEOs are of a single race—White.
LVRC The Non-White population in the ABE area has grown from approx. 20% in 2005 to approx. 30% in 2013 (LVRC)

8. Table Discussion What does changing the table mean to you?
What does your current board/ staff look like? Too similar? Not enough diversity? Time to assess?
Commitment to making decisions – taking action; leading

9. The Challenge - Self Reinforcing Cycles
Majority White Staff/ Board
Interview Biases
Recruitment via networks
Implicit Biases
Homogenous Applicant Pool

10. What is Board Diversity?
Race
Gender
Age
Religious affiliations
Sexual orientation
Income levels
Physical capabilities
Personality
Other?

11. Top Reasons Diversity is Important
It reflects the real world – something every company should be sensitive to.
Healthy debate can lead to better decisions.
Divergent backgrounds mean tackling the same idea in differing ways.
Great ideas come from disruption of the status quo.
Your clients and customers are diverse.

12. Your Board Why representation is so important
What you can do to align your board and staff with the community you serve
The challenges you may face in creating an inclusive environment
The impact & value to the constituents you serve

13. Updated Mission Statement:
Our Board
Updated Mission Statement:
To be the premier resource to connect, empower and transform an inclusive and engaged diverse culture within the Greater Lehigh Valley by partnering with people, businesses, and non-profits through volunteer coordination, leadership development and recognition.

14. Table Discussions Creating Diversity
Creating diversity- what are you doing?
How do you view Diversity?
Diversity initiatives should be an investment for your community and organization – what are you doing?

15. How to Uphold an Inclusive Conversation in your Board Room
Awareness of self
Knowledge of others
Holding oneself accountable to action

16. When the Table Changes
Understanding similarities as well as differences
Impact on communication and interpersonal relationships
Impact of change on our own organization’s culture
Need for rethinking policies and practices
Validity of our unconscious assumptions about what people or groups of people can or cannot do

17. Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley
Questions??
Thank You!
Karen Daly Smith
CEO
Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley