by Richard Stringham | May 20, 2021 | Richard Stringham
Earlier on in my consulting career, it was common to come across boards in which directors thought that the Board Chair should be the CEO’s boss. However, when a board uses Policy Governance®, board members should operate in a manner that recognizes the board as a...
by Richard Stringham | Apr 15, 2021 | Richard Stringham
Among the many things that I wish I’d known when I was younger is: wait for it…how to write effective reports for the board. Okay, I realize that’s not a tantalizing subject for most young men, but in my earlier career it certainly occupied more of my time than it...
by Richard Stringham | Mar 11, 2021 | Richard Stringham
Several years ago, I was coaching a board which had recently issued a public position statement on behalf of its organization. Unfortunately, the position it took was based on inadequate information and damaged the credibility of some of the association’s members, in...
by Richard Stringham | Mar 4, 2021 | Richard Stringham
I’m not a big fan of boards creating lists of values. There. I’ve finally come out and said it and I’m glad I did! Of course, now I need to explain myself. A few decades ago, I ran a youth leadership development program. Toward the end of my tenure as the program...
by Richard Stringham | Nov 19, 2020 | Richard Stringham
In a recent episode of NPR’s Hidden Brain podcast, Vivian Lee, the author of: “The Long Fix: Solving America’s Health Care Crisis with Strategies that Work for Everyone,” describes the results of a substantive change that took place in Utah’s Medicaid program. Prior...
by Richard Stringham | Aug 12, 2020 | Richard Stringham
If you sit on the board of directors for an organization, how do you know whether there has been unacceptable discrimination in the operational ranks? I’m not talking about discrimination based upon qualifications necessary for the position. Instead, I’m referring to...
