by Joseph Inskeep | Aug 8, 2017 | Joseph Inskeep
More policy is not necessarily better, and less may sometimes be more. John Carver went so far as to headline his November 1997 Board Leadership article, “Honey, I Shrunk the Policies,” with the sentence “In Policymaking, More is Definitely Not Better.” A board I’m...
by Richard Stringham | Jun 13, 2017 | Richard Stringham
It is the headline that board members dread: “Former Treasurer Charged with Defrauding [name of the organization]”. Yet, in the past month, I’ve caught two of those headlines in my local newspaper. It’s by no means the first as I’ve seen several such headlines over...
by Ted Hull | Mar 28, 2017 | Ted Hull
Your grade six daughter has started at a new school this year. As report card time approaches you are looking forward to seeing how well she has adjusted. The email arrives with the promised report attached. The document reports on the educational degrees of the...
by Dee Incoronato | Mar 14, 2017 | Dee Incoronato
As a former college professor, I challenged my students to be articulate. I’ve always believed the ability to clearly and effectively express ideas and to be understood is important. In the course of a semester, I would assign, at minimum, two oral presentations, a...
by Andrew Bergen | Mar 7, 2017 | Andrew Bergen
In the current world, it is becoming increasingly easier (and more convenient) to order many goods from online marketing sites. I’m sure I purchase something online at least once every week. A feature has been added to online purchasing in the past few years, that I...
