by Rose Mercier | Feb 14, 2017 | Rose Mercier
I draft a lot of documents – reports, articles like this one, policies, memos, letters, bylaws, social media posts, etc. If you write a lot, it is easy to get caught up in trying to find the precise words to say what you mean. The dictionary defines ‘wordsmith’ as “an...
by Rose Mercier | Jan 17, 2017 | Rose Mercier
“Here’s why our board doesn’t use Policy Governance®.” It’s “one size fits all” It gives too much power to the CEO It only works in big organizations You can’t have committees It prescribes structures and size It’s too rigid Board members can’t talk to staff Directors...
by Rose Mercier | Oct 25, 2016 | Rose Mercier
If you read the title and thought this blog might be about a new approach to governance, you would be wrong. And unfortunately…you might be right. “Gotcha Governance” occurs when a board or, more likely, an individual director lies in wait for the CEO until just the...
by Rose Mercier | Sep 6, 2016 | Rose Mercier
I have yet to encounter a board that doesn’t want to be proud of its organization’s achievements. A board might even hope to be front page news for something brilliant the organization does. I recently read about an organization which had just received a significant...
