Board and Leadership Development
for Nonprofits

The PEARL

• Purpose – We’ll clarify your expectations of board members and their responsibilities. Additionally, we’ll help you build proper governance by working with you to develop bylaws, policies, job descriptions and financial reports.
• Education – We’ll help you prepare your board members for effective service through orientation, onboarding, training, mentoring, ongoing development and education on mission-related trends.
• Architecture – We’ll analyze your current board and identify gaps in demographics or skill areas via a board skills matrix. Then, we’ll help you recruit and select new members with diverse skills and perspectives to build a board that serves your needs. We’ll also identify ways to keep former board members invested and involved in your organization.
• Results – We recommend that all organizations conduct leadership evaluations at least every other year. We use four key evaluations to assess your board’s effectiveness and partnership with leadership staff. We’ll also help you measure and communicate organizational impact so you can strengthen your case for support.
• Leadership – We’ll empower you to develop proactive succession plans that keep your board running smoothly. Plus, we’ll create officer and committee chair job descriptions so organizational leaders understand their roles.