Effective Board Chairs Need Two Agendas Effective Board Chairs need two agendas! Let me explain. The first agenda is the Board Meeting Agenda. The board of directors generally elects a colleague into the role of Board Chair believing that s/he can actually lead a board meeting
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Is the responsibility of the Board of Directors to focus on Ends while relegating the Means to Management? Is this a distinction that will finally solve the age old problem captured in these two questions: What is the scope of the board? and What is the scope
Read more →In her book, The Strategist, Cynthia A. Montgomery identifies four basic questions leaders must ask as they engage in the process of strategic thinking and development: 1. What does my organization bring to the world? 2. Does that difference matter? 3. Is something about it scarce and
Read more →Here are the five books that made the biggest impact in my role as a governance and organizational leader in 2011 : Henry Cloud, Necessary Endings: The employees, business and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward Harrison Coerver, Race
Read more →We often view the board as being distinct from the “rest” of the organization. The Board governs and the organization operates the programs. Many governance theorists support this approach. They suggested that there be a firewall between the board and the organization. The firewall prevents meddling, chaos,
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