The Tax Deductible Benefits of Board Direction Membership
Board Direction has one vision and that is to help each member find and gain a board appointment. Being able to deduct your Board Direction membership fees from your taxes, is an added benefit. Every year, as soon as June comes around, we sit with heads bent over statements and receipts, trying to work out how […]
What Questions to Expect in a Board Interview
Getting that call or that email to say that you have been chosen for a board interview is possibly one of the most exciting and exhilarating things that can happen to any board candidate – other than actually being appointed to the board of course. However, the moment you put that phone down, the nerves […]
The Value of a Governance Qualification
The majority of board candidates I speak to have a Governance Qualification. If you don’t, then you are not comprehensively ‘dare(ing) them to appoint you’. Long time members of Board Direction will confirm that a big part of what we emphasize on your CV, and in our thought leadership, is your previous experience & success in serving on a board. Whether it was a paid or unpaid role or whether it […]