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 Richard Stringham | Mar 6, 2025 | Richard Stringham
Too often governing boards are absorbed with reports about what the organization is busy doing. Instead, your board’s monitoring reports should focus on impact. Join us as we look at the various ways that boards get caught up in measuring everything (training...
by Paul Zilz | Jun 27, 2024 | Paul Zilz
If you serve on a board, you may see your role as limited to supervising and managing the highest-level staff person such as the CEO, Executive Director, or Lead Pastor. But what if your board’s actual job is to shape meaningful futures for those your organization...
by David Gray | Apr 29, 2020 | David Gray
One of the features of the Policy Governance® system is its focus on accountability. In my experience, this feature sometimes provokes a negative reaction from observers who are not completely familiar with the system. I think this...
by Richard Stringham | Apr 22, 2020 | Richard Stringham
I think it’s fair to say that I’m not the only one wondering: “When will this pandemic be over so that we can return to normal?” Of course, there are two absurdities to that question: a) no-one knows when it will be over; and b) we won’t be...
