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NEWSLETTERS - Policy Governance information for boards
The official newsletter of The Governance Coach™ is the REALBoard Advisor™ Results-focused, Excellent, Accountable, Linked to Shareholders/Owners Vol. 15, No. 2, June 2010. Summary: In her lead article, Jannice Moore discusses the three elements necessary for board culture to be focussed on the future using a “colourful” agenda planning cycle. What colour is your board’s agenda? In a second article, Governance Coach Associate Al Berrie urges board chairs to remain forward thinking and ensure that a board’s action is consistent with its policies. This issue also contains information on upcoming Policy Governance® seminars and a list of new Policy Governance ® resources. Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletterVol. 15, No. 1, January 2010. Summary: In the lead article, Jannice Moore addresses the question of board member recruitment. What does the job of governance entail and how do boards attract the Best-Fit™ Board members? She discusses establishing clarity about the board’s purpose and what characteristics are common in effective board members. In a second article, Richard Stringham explores the value of diversity in board thinking and how to encourage wider board participation through proper facilitation. This issue also contains information on upcoming Policy Governance® seminars and a brief Policy Governance® primer. Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletterVol. 14, No. 2, June 2009. Summary: "In the lead article Jannice Moore reflects on 15 years experience as The Governance Coach™. Using the analogy of a “Policy GovernanceÒ Journey,” she discusses the preparation that a board needs to make before beginning the journey. She then discusses the destination – the results that can be expected from using Policy Governance, using the acronym REALBoard™ – Results-oriented, Excellent, Accountable, and Linked to Owners. After being prepared and knowing the destination, boards need to map their course. In this section the usual stages that boards go through in learning to use Policy Governance effectively are outlined. These are depicted as Stage 1: The Accountability Base Builder™, Stage 2: The Accountability Culture™, and Stage 3: the Sustainability Habits™. In a second article Richard Stringham discusses the way that boards can continue to provide future-oriented leadership once they have the Policy Governance® system “working” effectively. After the mechanics are in place, now what? Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletterVol. 14, Issue 1, January 2009. Summary: "In the lead article Jannice Moore compares the board’s task of connecting with owners to eating an elephant – it has to be done one bite at a time. The article explains step by step how to go about connecting to the board’s owners. In a second article Richard Stringham compares a traditional audit to an automobile safety check, and explains why the board may wish the auditor to go beyond safety to road-worthiness. Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletterVol. 13, Issue 2, June 2008. Summary: "Soap Doesn't Work - or does it?" In the lead article Jannice Moore addresses common criticisms of Policy Governance using quotations from newspaper stories about boards who claim to be using Policy Governance. It goes on to show that the criticisms are unfounded because the boards weren't actually using Policy Governance. The issue also contains a brief "Policy Governance Primer". Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletterVol. 13, Issue 1, January 2008. Summary: In the lead article Jannice Moore examines the characteristics of "great" organizations as described in Jim Collins book, Good to Great and discusses how Policy Governance provides the system that allows the board to develop those "great" characteristics. In a second article Richard Stringham discusses the issue of board members various interests compared to the board's role in representing the owners as a whole. Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletterVol. 12, Issue 2, June 2007. Summary: This issue features interviews with board chairs and CEOs of organizations that have used Policy Governance for some time. They share why their boards adopted Policy Governance, the benefits they have seen, and in what ways Policy Governance has changed their organizations. In a second article, Jannice Moore discusses how Policy Governance and Servant-Leadership work well together. Click to view or dowload The Governance Coach newletterVol. 12, Issue 1, January 2007. Summary: In this issue we discuss how Policy Governance provides the discipline and system to to enable boards to move from simply struggling to keep on top of data and information to a search for real knowledge, and beyond that, to the creation of wisdom that will lead their organization into a positive future. Click to view or download The Governance Coach newsletter
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