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Do Your CEO’s Interpretations Stand up to this Test?
Boards using Policy Governance are often challenged to determine if a CEO’s interpretation meets the criteria for what is required in an interpretation. One of the tests that I use is to imagine someone else tasked with delivering a monitoring report using the CEO’s...
Monitoring by Direct Inspection – When, How and Why?
Originally published January 15, 2020 There are three methods that a board can use to monitor the CEO’s compliance with its Ends and Executive Limitations policies. The most frequently used method is an internal report where the CEO...
Different Journeys for Different Boards
Originally published October 3, 2024 Recently I drove six hours in one direction to facilitate a workshop and then I drove another six hours home. (You might be wondering – why not fly? That was the original plan until I realized that it was actually going to take...
Why a Registered Trademark for Policy Governance®?
If you’ve come across the term Policy Governance®, you might have recognized the international symbol for a registered service mark or, what is probably more familiar, a registered trademark. The mark was originally registered by Dr. John Carver, the inventor of...
Your Board Writes the Throughline
If you’re new to serving on a board, or if you’ve been on a board and felt that something is missing, it might help to think of the board as providing a through-line. Through-line: a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc....
Your Board is Accountable to Others: That Should Raise Questions!
How well does your board really know the values of those to whom it is accountable? Are you asking the right questions to find out? At The Governance Coach™, we believe that boards in the non-profit sector stand in for a group of people beyond the board. This group is...
Real Stories About Policy Governance® Series – Committees or No Committees
Originally published October 13, 2022 To have board committees or not to have board committees? That is the question. Three Policy Governance consultants talk about the pros and cons in this quick panel discussion. https://youtu.be/m9MsOPlnAeY Has this video made you...
Who Determines Your Board’s Agenda?
Your answer will give you an insight into whether your board is governing or supervising management. If management is putting together the board’s agenda based on its needs for the board’s approval of their proposals, it’s unlikely your board is leading. Instead, it’s...
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE BOARD WALL – ARE WE THE MOST EFFECTIVE BOARD OF ALL?
Originally published January 15, 2019 A new year. Time for resolutions. Energy for self-improvement. What better time for your board to ask itself – are we governing as effectively as we could? Why is self-evaluation important? As a board, you are entrusted with the...
Celebrating 30 Years of Coaching
When The Governance Coach celebrated its 20th anniversary, we published an issue of the REALBoard Advisor[1] that featured interviews with clients that we had coached for different periods of time over those years. They talked about the benefits their boards enjoyed...