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 | Nov 28, 2024 | Richard Stringham
On rare occasions, a board with a robust delegation system and a clear set of policies, may need to make a decision between board meetings. These days, it would be relatively easy to call a special meeting of the board to make the decision via video-conferencing. But...
by Richard Stringham | May 30, 2024 | Richard Stringham
In a previous blog, I’ve argued that boards should be less formal when applying parliamentary procedure. For example, if using a more formal process, a motion would be made before discussion could take place on the subject. Except for very large boards (which really...
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...
