Why can’t boards do better at getting their timing right? Sometimes they wait way too long before acting and sometimes they intervene when their help is not needed or wanted. Part of the problem is that they are acting as a group, which requires more time to reach agreement. Also, board members tend to be a group of volunteers who only meet a few times a year. That is why governing boards delegate management to the organizational leader. All boards should intervene cautiously. This is because they can easily make things worse rather than better. In general, they should only intervene in operations when a major problem has emerged or is about to hit. Managing boards that are already intervening should stick to a higher level of management. Governing boards should avoid intervening as much as possible but monitor the situation closely and support the organizational leader. Navigating boards ought to ignore the minor concerns of how the current organization is being managed and focus on what assets and programs the organization will bring with them into the future.