Advice To Board Members: Eyes On, Hands Off

June 11th, 2011 What is the right role for board members? As a perpetual member of boards of directors, I can tell you there is great disagreement between and among directors and chief executive officers. But, I do like the general advice about the role of the board that our guest columnist, John Greenleaf of McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC provides – "eyes on, hands off." In his piece in the OPEN MINDS newsletter, Non-Profit Governance Primer: Background & Roles of the Board , John talks about the common problem of board members mixing governance and management functions. In his view . . .