Today I'd like to share with you a resource booklet from BoardSource, "Putting Purpose First." This 100 page booklet, published in October 2021, is "an orientation to purpose-driven board leadership. The framework is not a new structure but a new way of being and thinking." The booklet is organized into 4 key chapters:

Approaching Board Leadership with a Purpose Driven Mindset

Setting Strategic Direction

Providing Oversight

Ensuring Organizational Resources

Putting Purpose First examines the board's leadership and roles through a wide lens and provides the incremental steps needed to make this shift in mindset and purpose. There is an abundance of useful content and practical guidance in this booklet. It should definitely be in your board's governance resource library and would consider providing every trustee with a copy.

The booklet is available in hard copy or pdf for $42.00

(less for BoardSource members)