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The Board’s Policy Manual – An Essential Tool
You shouldn’t be surprised to learn that the board’s essential tool in Policy Governance® is its policy manual. After all, it is “Policy” Governance. However, you might be surprised to learn that a board can control and direct...
Monitoring as Measurement
I’ve had occasion in recent times to observe a number of boards undertaking monitoring activities. A couple of takeaways have stuck in my mind as a result of these experiences, one of which I’ll describe below and the other I’ll describe in a subsequent blog....
Track the Package
In the current pandemic, online purchasing has become even more prevalent than previously. A feature I really appreciate is the ability to track the delivery status of the product by simply clicking one button. I love that! I love it for a couple of reasons: It...
Board Oversight of Workplace Discrimination
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...
Three Steps to Improve Board Effectiveness
You may be an Executive Director, CEO, or Pastor who is concerned about board effectiveness and whether or not the board of the organization you serve has the proper strategic mindset to govern well. I know some foundations also are concerned about “board development”...
The Gift of Time…to Focus
At this time, we are living through the necessity for physical distancing. Like most people around us, we are hoping for the time when restrictions will be lifted safely. My wife and I are having conversations imagining what the “new normal” will be like for the...
Does Your Board Multi-Task in Virtual Meetings?
In pre-COVID days, I have expressed concern about the effect on the board’s ability to govern well of board members who were distracted during board meetings by having their smart phones always at hand. The phones may have been blatantly obvious, they may have been on...
GSP – Professionalism in Governance
You may have seen and quite possibly know what CPA, CFA, PMI or P Eng. mean when they appear after someone’s name. You might also know that such designations are granted when a person has met certain standards of knowledge and is held accountable for acting within the...
Freedom In Discipline
Has your board considered Policy Governance® but decided against it because it sounded like too much work, or you heard it was too confining? Often, this translates into “we don’t really want to exercise discipline.” Many boards tend to shy away from discipline....
Boards, Purpose, and Policy Governance®
I read a lot of stuff. Online and print, articles and books, the most recent releases and the not-so-current: governance, strategy, management, culture, measurement, news, technology, music, food, mysteries…you get the...