Hiring for the Board

Governance
Some of the pillars - the foundations - the most important peices to have a successful board.

* Have a mentorship for new board members with someone who has been around on the board for awhile
* Have a host of board governance education peices in hand so new members understand that being a director is a continual learning process - not just about the particulars of the organization but on the literature out there to make the board stronger as a whole
* A job discription - if you can't put a board job discription together then you are asking someone to come into a position that YOU aren't even sure about - help create structure for the director to be as strong as they can be in.
* Recruit from outside your organization's sphere of influence - this will encourage the board to get out of group think and make decisions based that reflect the whole community.
* Consider what your organization needs - a political savvy business person? Someone with specific knowledge in fundraising? In law? Someone with great connections to a particular community within the community? and then hire to these ends.