by Richard Stringham | Feb 12, 2026 | Richard Stringham
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...
by Richard Stringham | Apr 24, 2025 | Richard Stringham
The next time you’re in a board meeting think about the cost for each hour of that meeting. Estimate the hourly rate for each board member and each staff member in the room. Add those numbers to get a total hourly rate. Is your board adding value worth the cost of...
by The Governance Coach™ | Sep 19, 2022 | The Governance Coach
Welcome to our fall mini video series! Over the next several weeks we’ll send you short stories of how the Policy Governance® Model impacts real people and real boards that deal with real situations. In our first video we ask: when does your board...
by Jannice Moore | Apr 8, 2021 | Jannice Moore
As I cleared away the remainder of our Easter ham this week, I was reminded of an old story. “Mom, why do you always cut the end off the ham before cooking it?” asked the youngster. “Well, that’s the way my mother always did it.” “But why did she do it...
by Paul Zilz | Feb 25, 2021 | Paul Zilz
How many times have you sat in a board meeting wondering why you were discussing what you were discussing and feeling frustrated that the “real” issues weren’t being discussed? Often that frustration can be traced to one key issue: The board doesn’t understand how to...