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Although aimed at fund directors, the director onboarding practice suggestions and considerations shared in this new blog series from the Mutual Fund Directors Forum are equally applicable to all types of organizations. Each post shares just a few tips that may be worth exploring and tailoring to your company's specific facts and circumstances:

• Mentor/Buddy Programs identifies different approaches to assigning a board mentor/buddy.
• Board Leadership discusses ways in which the board chair or other leader can help facilitate onboarding.
• Building a Board Culture suggests practices to foster strong relationships among directors.
• Setting New Board Members up for Success shares different approaches to exposing new directors to substantive information and the board culture.
• Onboarding Education acknowledges and suggests ways to mitigate the “drinking from a fire hose” phenomenon associated with the director onboarding experience.

Access additional resources on our Board/Director Orientation & Onboarding page.

                             This content first appeared in the Society Alert!