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· Erik Reagan
The mechanics of board follow-through: writing an action item that can be finished, where the list lives, the mid-cycle nudge, and killing the item that keeps rolling over.
Read the article: How do you track board action items without nagging anyone?
· Erik Reagan
A one-page dashboard beats a forty-page appendix: a handful of measures across mission, money, and people — the same ones every meeting, shown honestly.
Read the article: What numbers should the board watch at every meeting?
· Erik Reagan
The three financial reports a board sees, the question each one answers, and four questions any board member can ask without an accounting background.
Read the article: I'm new to the board and the finances confuse me. Where do I start?
· Erik Reagan
The energy in the room rarely survives the 29 days after. Why volunteer boards lose momentum between meetings — and the fixes that work.
Read the article: Why boards stall between meetings (and what to do about it)
· Erik Reagan
A conflict of interest isn't a confession — it's a service to the board. What counts as one, how the annual form falls short, and what recusal actually looks like.
Read the article: What is a conflict of interest policy, and when does someone recuse?
· Erik Reagan
Closed sessions protect personnel, legal, and evaluation discussions — when used narrowly. How to enter and exit cleanly, and what overuse costs a board.
Read the article: Executive session: what it's for and how to do it right
· Erik Reagan
A four-part shape for the treasurer's report: budget position, cash and runway, anything off-trend, and what the board must decide. Send numbers ahead, speak to exceptions.
Read the article: What should the treasurer report at every meeting?
· Erik Reagan
A failed motion isn't a crisis — it's proof the votes are real. What happens procedurally after a no, and how the proposer and the board regroup well.
· Erik Reagan
Most boards recruit from who they already know, which quietly caps the board's skills. A practical sequence: build a matrix, source deliberately, then make the ask specific.
Read the article: How do you recruit board members beyond your own address book?
· Erik Reagan
Fewer than it has, probably. Start from the work, not the org chart: finance, governance, a few mission-specific committees — and an annual prune.
Read the article: Which committees does a board actually need?