The Board Library
How a well-run board works, written down model by model.
Seventy-three governance models, each with a completed example and a Director's Lens on what to look for and what to ask, and eleven guides that fit them to your kind of board. For bank boards, three complete model meeting books.
What's inside
61
core models in seven domains
12
banking models
11
industry guides
3
complete model meeting books for a bank board (789 pages)
12
workbooks with 57,027 live formulas
73
editable Word templates
Seven domains
- Board governance and effectiveness
- Strategy and enterprise performance
- Enterprise risk and internal controls
- Financial oversight
- Technology, AI, cybersecurity and digital risk
- People, culture and leadership
- Board decision-making and meeting effectiveness
The Director's Lens
Every model ends with a Director's Lens: why it matters, what to look for, the questions to ask, the red flags, the evidence to request and the mistakes boards make. From the skills matrix:
"Boards drift out of date one seat at a time. Directors recruited for the strategy of the day stay for a decade while the strategy moves to acquisitions, new markets and connected plants."
Red flags: every director rated expert in everything; a critical skill held only by the chair of the committee that needs it.
Built for your kind of board
- Banks, credit unions and financial institutions
- Public companies
- Private companies
- Family-owned and closely held businesses
- Private equity portfolio companies
- Nonprofits and foundations
- Healthcare organizations
- Technology and AI companies
- Real estate and investment businesses
- Professional services firms
- Member-based organizations
For bank boards
Three complete model meeting books: a quarterly board committee book (337 pages), a loan committee book (197 pages) and a monthly board meeting book (255 pages), each with its workbook. Twelve bank models run from capital and liquidity to BSA/AML and Regulation O. Every figure is fictional and labeled as an example; the structure is what a well-run community bank board sees every month.
White label
Every file is white label, so your board can put its own name on it and use it as its own.
License
The Board Library
One organization. The whole library for one board, with a year of updates. Included with The Board Review.
Education only, with no legal, regulatory, accounting or investment advice. Examples are fictional.
A note from Aleesha
"I started as a teller in the community bank my father founded, and years later I ran it as president and vice chair of its board. In my first board seats I thought my job was to make the numbers happen, until a chairman taught me that a director keeps the numbers aligned with the mission and the plan, and asks great questions rather than telling people what to do. This library is what I wish someone had handed me before that first meeting."