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Board Education and Development

If you’re interested in integrating faith and board governance, you’ve come to the right place. I’m a longtime evangelist for board work as ministry. I’m also a stickler for excellence in governance.  When board members serve in God’s name, nothing but their best will do.

I promise the best possible counsel. In return, I expect your best possible effort. With this as our starting point, we can achieve great things for your organization, including:

  • Engaged and enthused board members
  • A strong CEO/board partnership
  • Well-framed board policies
  • Organization-specific governance metrics
  • Board involvement in fundraising
  • Mission fulfillment with economic vitality
  • Governance that brings glory to God’s name

BASINGER CONSULTING can tailor a consulting or coaching plan that’s right for your board and organization.

HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER

From a one-day workshop to a multi-year coaching relationship, BASINGER CONSULTING provides counsel as you need it, in the form you want it, and on your time line. Most of my work with boards fall into one of the following four categories:

1. Consulting. In a single visit or over a several month time frame, I assist you in working through a pressing governance challenge with counsel that’s tailored specifically to your organization.

2. Coaching. Together – sometimes in person, more often by telephone or Skype – we’ll design and implement a board education plan that will move your governance practices from so-so to spectacular. Change that sticks takes time, so these are longer term partnerships, with contracts continuing over several years.

3. Mentoring. Give the new CEO or board chair a strong beginning with one on one mentoring. The mentor program includes two- hour monthly telephone or Skype sessions and anytime email access.

4. Seminars, workshops, and retreats. Not every issue requires a full-scale contract. Sometimes a one or two-day consultation is all it takes to achieve greater success in board governance. Working with you with, I’ll design an engaging, interactive event that’s specific to your issues and which culminates with a next-steps plan of action.

Other services available from BASINGER CONSULTING include board assessment, CEO evaluation, and succession planning.

TO CONTACT ME

The easiest and surest way to reach me is by email at rbbas3001@aol.com. From there we can set up a telephone or Skype conversation.

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"Rebekah did an excellent job of explaining board governance and helping our board to see shared governance as a benefit. Our following day's discussions were so peppered with references to the day before that it became evident that good learning took place." -- Kevin A. Ogilvie, President, Lutheran Theological Seminary - Saskatoon

"The Lancaster Theological Seminary community is deeply grateful for Rebekah's help in consulting with our presidential search and in formulating the call to a new president. Rebekah's advice, at almost any hour, was critical to the success of our search." -- Jon M. Gruber, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Lancaster (PA) Theological Seminary

"I was thinking where we were at New Horizons last year and Rebekah's name came to mind. We are on an upward trajectory. There continue to be challenges, of course, and there are seldom enough hours in any day. God does not want us to be too comfortable, I think. But the challenges now are manageable and, sometimes, fun. I appreciate Rebekah's advice at a critical time and her interest in our work." Mary Steele, Executive Director, New Horizons, Seattle, WA

BLOGGING ON BOARDS

For pointers on faith-filled board governance, check out the following posts from Generous Matters:

Two strategies for improving your board's fiduciary behavior

What if the board truly believed God owns the organization?

On day-one make it about the board

Oh where oh where is the proud fundraising board?

If you ain't got money, honey . . .