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Q: What is BoardMatch Leaders?
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- Experiential leadership development for your strategic talent and senior management
- Content covers current thinking on governance and leadership in an interactive seminar format
- Learning environment that encourages business networking with other corporate leaders in the session
- Choose from a selection of Individual Board Search Support features that connect participants with volunteer director opportunities with charitable boards that match their background and interests
Q: Why should our company become involved in BoardMatch Leaders?
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A: ...strong communities help create conditions for business success, whether by improving the ability of companies to attract and retain employees, or by creating markets for their products and services…the goodwill of citizens and governments can help create an enabling environment for a company’s operations.
Source: Business Contributions to Canadian Communities: Findings from a qualitative study of current practice; Michael H. Hall, M. Easwaramoorthy, Wyanne Sandler; Imagine Canada; 2007
Benefits to corporations include:
- Improved ability to attract and retain employees – community involvement fosters pride and loyalty among employees
- Opportunity to market your brand and reputation in the community through the involvement of your strategic talent as volunteer board directors
- Businesses that support community organizations build social capital and support among citizens and governments
- Building strong and vibrant communities supports the success of your company
- Strengthen the philanthropic values of your business leaders
Q: What other companies have participated in BML?
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A: Participating companies include:
- Bell Canada
- Canadian Tire
- CICA
- Coca-Cola Limited
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
- KPMG LLP
- Manulife Financial
- Bank of Montreal
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
- Maritz Canada Inc.
- The Maytree Foundation
- Mercer Human Resource Consulting
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Scotiabank
- TD Canada Trust
- Toronto Hydro Corporation
Q: What is the history of BML?
Q: Are all employees eligible to participate in BML?
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A: BML is designed for strategic talent, senior level employees, and business executives. You may wish to encourage other employees to register for the self-directed BoardMatch Fundamentals program.
Q: Who covers the cost of the BML program?
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A: The cost of the BML program is generally sponsored by the employers of the participants as part of a training/leadership development plan. Otherwise the cost of the program is incurred by the individual.
Q: What is the time commitment involved in BML?
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A: The program begins with a 2-day intensive in-class session on governance, leadership, and management in the non-profit sector.
The time that it takes to identify a board match may depend on a variety of factors and can take anywhere from a few days to a few months:
- Self-awareness of the sort of board that best suits corporate needs. Try our BML Self-Reflection tool for assistance in this process
- Prior board experience – some boards are seeking experienced board members and others are open to those new to board volunteerism
- Availability of board positions that match corporate background and interests
- The time it takes to coordinate a first meeting/discussion with the main contacts at the desired charity
- The recruitment and orientation process of each individual board varies – some are formal and others are informal
- The date of the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the agency – this is often the setting in which board directors are formally elected to new positions
Participants have 3 options to select from when identifying their board fit after the 2-day session. See Board Search Features and Fees for more details.
Q: What is the time commitment typically required of non-profit board directors?
Q: How does our company become involved in BML?
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