1. What is the issue here?
Martha is struggling to see the need for a Board as she believes it will only slow her work down.
2. If you had to summarise Zhao’s perspective in 2-3 sentences, what would you say? What would be his position on ministry boards and why?
A board helps with the strategy and keeps you on track,
A board keeps you accountable
A board helps you make sure you achieving the right impact on lives for their investment
3. If you had to summarise Martha’s perspective in 2-3 sentences, what would you say? What would be her position on ministry boards and why?
Boards slow you down and complicate things
Boards try to tell you how to run your programmes
4. What are the 4-5 biggest benefits of a competent, committed board of directors for a faith-based ministry, or any organisation for that matter?
The help with your strategy and provide guidance
They keep you accountable
They help make sure you have the right systems and processes
They help you achieve the impact you se out to achieve
5. What are the potential downsides or risks that might be incurred with a board of directors, if any?
They could try to lord it over you
They could introduce unnecessary red tape
Another layer of approvals
Conflict of opinions in how things should be run or how finance’s should be used.
They may also want remuneration