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## Advice on board performance measures, based on ASAE Foundation research.

In the ASAE Foundation research, CEOs were asked to give their board a numerical rating on each of the following 20 measures. The rankings were 1 for “needs improvement,” 2 for “satisfactory,” and 3 for “excellent.” Board performance rankings were based on the sum of all ratings.

### Stewardship

- Overall quality of board relations with staff
- Overall quality of relations among board members
- Stewardship over the organization’s resources
- Willingness of the board to take responsibility for difficult decisions
- Ability to make decisions based on organizational interests and not self-interest
- Collegiality of the board atmosphere
- Leading the organization in a way that maintains the public trust in nonprofits

### Member Relations

- Overall quality of board relations with the membership
- Accountability to members
- Direct outreach and engagement of membership

### Strategic Performance

- Effectiveness at strategic rather than operational thinking
- Board participation in advocacy, public policy
- Effectiveness at aligning the organization’s resources with strategic needs
- Ability to serve as a catalyst for change
- Understanding of the organization’s external environment and trends
- Ability to achieve strategic plan

### Internal Accountability

- Board’s ability to set performance standards for itself
- Board’s record of enforcing self-imposed performance standards
- Securing feedback on its own performance from key constituencies

### Chapter Relations

- Overall quality of board-chapter relations (if applicable)

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