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With Apologies to Julia Child – The Art of Governance through Mastery of First Principles
Every once in while, I read something that produces an ‘eureka’ moment. That happened last week when an article about Julia Child was brought to my attention. If you knew how much I enjoy being creative in the kitchen, you might not be surprised I responded...
Boards In The Future
What will board composition be like in the future? When thinking about future board members there is a danger in assuming everyone in a demographic grouping is alike. However, there are some basic similarities that reflect the characteristics of different...
Merry Christmas from The Governance Coach™
A message of hope from Jannice Moore, President of the The Governance Coach™ https://youtu.be/1ArUb25NL7o
Just Waiting, or Preparing?
This season prior to Christmas is known in church calendars as the season of Advent, the time of “waiting” for Christmas to arrive, re-enacting the period of waiting for the birth of the Messiah. Advent is a season of Hope. This year, perhaps more than any...
Accountability: A Governance Imperative for Charities – and Others
The effects of the pandemic have created a significant hit on the bottom line for charities. As many businesses have scaled down or shut down, temporarily or permanently, resulting in job losses, an Angus Reid poll in Canada earlier this fall (even before the second...
How Does a Policy Governance Board Evaluate its CEO?
One of the most common questions I’m asked is “How does a Policy Governance® board evaluate its CEO?” Let me suggest that if your board is asking this question, it is asking the wrong one. If you hired someone to build a fence, you wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) evaluate the...
Is Your Board Examining the Right Costs?
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...
How a Board can Embrace Diversity
It would be hard not to notice the proliferation of media stories, academic and industry research, anecdotal evidence, and statistics about the diversity – or lack thereof – on boards of directors. Corporate boards, in particular, have been under pressure from...
If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going…
One of my favorite pieces of literature is Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. At one point in the story, Alice has an exchange with the Cheshire Cat that goes like this: Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”Cheshire Cat: “That...
Monitoring Financial Condition
It’s not unusual for boards which have not previously worked with the Policy Governance® model to respond very positively when it is explained to them and to express enthusiasm for implementing the model. However, it’s also not unusual for boards new to the model to...