When and how should the board provide advice to the social services director?

Different board members (and different directors) have different views regarding the board’s role with respect to advising the social services director.
Some believe that the board should provide advice to the director only in cases in which the director expressly asks for the board’s advice.
Others think that the board can and should provide advice to the director whenever the board feels that advice should be given and regardless of whether the director has asked for the board’s advice with respect to a particular matter.