by Richard Stringham | Apr 24, 2025 | Richard Stringham
The next time you’re in a board meeting think about the cost for each hour of that meeting. Estimate the hourly rate for each board member and each staff member in the room. Add those numbers to get a total hourly rate. Is your board adding value worth the cost of...
by Richard Stringham | Apr 10, 2025 | Richard Stringham
“If I hear one more [board member] suggest MacKenzie Scott as a funding source I’m gonna lose it!” Source: An Executive Director of a not-for-profit enterprise on Reddit. The rest of the Reddit conversation was insightful. Various Executive Directors of...
by Richard Stringham | Mar 27, 2025 | Richard Stringham
When your board is presented with a report that things are on track, is there actual evidence to make that case? Join me, Richard Stringham, Senior Consultant & Partner, as I show some common place, yet less than credible monitoring reports. I also provide some...
by Richard Stringham | Mar 6, 2025 | Richard Stringham
Too often governing boards are absorbed with reports about what the organization is busy doing. Instead, your board’s monitoring reports should focus on impact. Join us as we look at the various ways that boards get caught up in measuring everything (training...
by Richard Stringham | Feb 6, 2025 | Richard Stringham
In boardrooms everywhere, some of the most valuable insights go unspoken. I witnessed this firsthand when working with a board where two members seemed to fade into the wallpaper during crucial discussions. Their perspectives remained locked behind a barrier of...
by Richard Stringham | Jan 9, 2025 | Richard Stringham
It’s that time again – when forecasts for the coming year are making frequent appearances. In a recent podcast , Tom Standage, editor of The World Ahead by The Economist, candidly noted that their track record for previous forecasts was less than stellar. If the folks...
