Competence of both executive director and board of directors. If the executive director and board members meet or exceed expectations over and over again, mutual respect increases. Executive directors said, however, that their boards seldom, if ever, do self-evaluation so it would be difficult for boards to reflect in measurable ways on whether they were meeting standards of good governance. Some interview participants felt that an executive director’s positive performance review expressed appreciation for a job well done. One executive director described how competence influenced the relationship: “An executive director should want the board to think of them.
