Exceptional Boards: Strengthening the Governance Team

Exceptional Boards: Strengthening the Governance Team

Event Information

Date(s):

May 19, 2025 - May 20, 2025

Location:

Hyatt Regency Tamaya

1300 Tuyuna Trail
Santa Ana Pbl, NM 87004
United States

CAE Credits:

11.75

Member Price:

$1,265.00

NonMember Price:

$1,535.00

Description

Exceptional Boards is an intensive two-day workshop for CEOs and their elected officers to explore strategies for strengthening their working relationship and enhancing the board's performance. Designed specifically for leadership teams, it provides an engaging learning environment where CEOs and elected leaders together will gain insight and resources to improve the effectiveness of board operations and create a strong and vibrant governance team. It is the one program that coaches you on how to build a board that understands its role, fulfills its responsibility, demonstrates visionary leadership, and ultimately leads the organization it represents to new heights.

The workshop covers:

  • Strategies for building a cohesive board
  • Roles and responsibilities of the CEO and the board
  • Creating an effective CEO/board chair relationship
  • Developing a leadership team action plan

Exceptional Boards offers you a rare opportunity to step away from the day-to-day routine and discover fresh ideas and approaches for enhancing board leadership. You'll benefit from the facilitators’ knowledge and expertise, but this highly interactive program also engages participants in exercises with their teams. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves and engage in open and honest discussions with your officers.

Please note: This program is designed for team participation, requiring at least one staff professional and one board leader to jointly attend.

The program is eligible for 11.75 hours of CAE credit, including one hour of ethics credit.

Accommodations
Hyatt Regency Tamaya
1300 Tuyuna Trail
Santa Ana Pbl, NM 87004
Phone: 505-867-1234
Room Rate: $279 single/double
Cutoff: April 27, 2025

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Speaker Info

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Mary M. Byers

President, Mary Byers Inc

Mary Byers is coauthor of Race for Relevance: Five Radical Changes for Associations and Road to Relevance: Five Strategies for Competitive Associations and hosts the Successful Associations Today podcast. She served as a staff executive for two associations before starting her consulting business in 1998.

 

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Mark T. Engle, CAE

AMC Principal, Association Management Center

Mark Engle is a principal with Association Management Center in Chicago, headquarters to 31 associations with a staff of more than 230 talented professionals. Mark studied nonprofit governance and received his doctor of management degree in 2011 from Case Western Reserve University. A frequent author and speaker on governance and high-performing organizations, he served as a CEO for trade associations and professional societies for 29 years. He is a fellow of ASAE and the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Leadership (Case Western Reserve University) and a BoardSource certified governance trainer. Mark has participated in more than 300 board meetings during his career. Written from their 2019 ground-breaking ASAE Foundation governance research, Mark and Will Brown, PhD (Texas A&M University) released a new book, Recruit the Right Board: Proven Processes for Selecting Critical Competencies.

 

Accessibility

ASAE is committed to providing an outstanding experience for all participants. We strive for full access to the activities of these events based on an awareness of participants' needs and appropriate planning. Please refer to the ASAE Meetings Accessibility Policy. Accessibility accommodations relating to mobility, hearing, vision, or other areas may be provided.

We ask that requests for reasonable accommodations be made as early as possible, and well in advance of the event via the registration process. Onsite requests will be accommodated to the best of our ability; however, available resources may be limited. Please email Learning & Meetings to request specialized accommodation for this program.

 

  • Agenda

    • Please note: Agenda may change.

      Monday, May 19, 2025
      Governing and Managing in the Association World

      7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
      Registration and Breakfast

      8:30 – 10:15 a.m.
      Welcome, Introductions, Overview, and Context

      Association Trends and Emerging Governance Challenges

      10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
      Networking Break

      10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
      The Board’s Ethical, Fiduciary and Accountability Role

      Characteristics and Principles of Exceptional Boards

      12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
      Lunch

      1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
      Assessing the Strengths and Needs of Your Board

      Building an Effective CEO/Board Chair Partnership

      2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
      Networking Break

      2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
      Defining Mutual Expectations Between the Board Chair and the CEO

      4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
      Reception

      Tuesday, May 20, 2025
      Collaborative Board-Building Tasks

      7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
      Breakfast

      8:30 – 10:15 a.m.

      Effective Board Recruiting, Onboarding, Communicating, and Disciplining

      Capitalizing on Your Face-to-Face Board Meeting Time

      10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
      Break

      10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
      Driving Organizational Performance

      12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

      Lunch

      1:00 – 3:15 p.m.
      Tools and Approaches for Board and CEO Assessments

      Burning Questions

      3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
      Review and Adjourn

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