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Taking Stock – Hindsight Can Be Positive

Taking Stock – Hindsight Can Be Positive

“Hindsight is 20/20 vision.”   We often consider this a negative statement as we rue some decision we have made. As we head into the literal year 2020, let’s consider the statement in a positive light. Hindsight literally means “thinking about things after they’ve...
How a Board can Embrace Diversity

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...
The Importance of Vocabulary

The Importance of Vocabulary

In the last year, my wife and I have done two things that involved using a new vocabulary.   The first was spending 8 months on our sailboat traveling from Maine to Miami and then to the Bahamas and  back. For life on a sailboat to be safe,...
Policy Governance® has No Grandchildren

Policy Governance® has No Grandchildren

Recently I became involved in a conversation with the CEO of an organization of which I am one of the board members. The CEO has also served on other Policy Governance® boards. In the course of conversation he was asked why he thinks Policy Governance loses traction...
Living on a Small Boat – Preparation Matters

Living on a Small Boat – Preparation Matters

Three weeks ago my wife Val and I set out to sail down the eastern seaboard to the Bahamas for the winter.  I have just retired after 30 years as a pastor in the Anglican Church.  There was much planning for this epic voyage.  It began in 2011 when I first purchased...

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