Strategic Direction: Strengthen governance to increase organizational strength and capacity
Goal: Provide strategic guidance for successful management and development of YNC Objectives: 1. Maintain a strong and effective Board that guides policy development and provides strategic direction to the organization, including to senior staff. 2. Ensure that professional budgeting, accounting, reporting policies continue to be applied, and adopt procedures that allow for appropriate risk management, including reducing vulnerability to external changes by maintaining diversified revenue sources. 3. Continue to maintain professional personnel management procedures that attract and maintain motivated, high quality staff. 4. Review staff demands, development and performance annually, and as resources allow, develop and introduce staff capacity in programming, marketing, personnel management, and other key areas. Desired Outcomes: • The staff and volunteer positions available within YNC are well defined and transferable, not dependent on financial and personnel circumstances; • Management and administrative tasks are executed by clearly indicated team member(s) in a strategic, timely fashion; • Development of staff, board, and volunteer leaders is supported.
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