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Could AI be Your Board’s New Dad?

Could AI be Your Board’s New Dad?

Having watched the frustration my father experienced teaching my older brothers to drive (one drove the car through the front end of the car port), I decided that driving lessons with a certified driving instructor might save my Dad from an early coronary. It turned...

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Developing Wisdom

Developing Wisdom

Wisdom: the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment  A board can develop wisdom by learning through experience or discipline. But…learning from experience is hit or miss. Learning through experience requires reflection. When was the last time...

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Non-Compliance Isn’t Scary

Non-Compliance Isn’t Scary

Years ago, I was working on a team that was using some quality improvement metrics. Every week we would huddle around our board and see if the targets we had set for ourselves were red or green (red meaning we missed the target, green meaning we hit the target). We...

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Is your Board Shucking Oysters?

Is your Board Shucking Oysters?

In my younger career, I reported to a CEO who, in turn, reported to the board of our nonprofit organization. I, along with my colleagues, were responsible to prepare some of the reports which were presented to the board. Through a couple of decades of service in that...

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Is Your Board Manacled by the Miniscule?

Is Your Board Manacled by the Miniscule?

I am shamelessly stealing this idea from a recent book, Life Work Legacy, by motivational speaker and friend Jeffrey Tobin. In a short essay – akin to a blog – titled “Gullible’s Travels,” he draws a leadership lesson from Jonathan Swift’s book Gulliver’s Travels....

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