Ongoing board orientation is needed in order to maintain the culture of trust. When the board is kept informed of an issue all along, it will more likely trust and respect the executive director’s recommendations or actions because it understands the background and rationale. Ongoing orientation, instead of an annual one-time event, is needed in order to maintain the culture of trust and respect. One board chair described annual orientation this way. “It’s like going away to church camp and getting saved. And then you come back to your old evil ways. Everybody’s great and it.
