In this episode, Mary shares our key factors we know influence the board/executive relationship: executive assets, communication, managing roles and expectations, and alignment. She defines each of those and how they come into play in your relationship building.  She goes into much more depth about these and more in her book:  Love Your Board! The Executive Directors' Guide To Discovering The Sources Of Board Troubles And What To Do About Them. Click on that title to get it! Reference mentioned in the episode: Golensky, M. (1993). Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 4(2), 177-191. Mary has over 40 years experience in the nonprofit sector: 26 as an executive and 18 as a board member. She knows your day-to-day challenges first hand and brings experience and expertise to help you have the greatest possible impact. She has been a consultant and coach for 19 years. Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Get the guide: 6 Steps You Must Know to Unleash the Potential of Your Nonprofit Board by going here. Let us know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that, and follow us, on Facebook. To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to: Hiland Consulting Connect with Mary! To schedule a free consultation with Mary go to: Talk With Mary.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhiland Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/inspirednonprofitleadership Website: https://www.hilandconsulting.org/ Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hilandconsulting