by Andrew Bergen | May 18, 2023 | Andrew Bergen
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates Consider for a moment who you were twenty years ago (or more accurately, who you perceive yourself to have been.) Compare that picture, those memories, with who you understand yourself to be now. All of us will...
by Rose Mercier | Mar 3, 2022 | Rose Mercier
I draft a lot of documents – reports, articles like this one, policies, memos, letters, bylaws, social media posts, etc. If you write a lot, it is easy to get caught up in trying to find the precise words to say what you mean. The dictionary defines ‘wordsmith’ as “an...
by Jannice Moore | Nov 18, 2021 | Jannice Moore
When recently re-reading some excerpts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, it struck me that they are scarily similar to some board policies I’ve seen in my experience. Perhaps as boards we can take some lessons from Alice’s adventure about...
by Rose Mercier | Sep 9, 2021 | Rose Mercier
Sometimes when boards start to develop Executive Limitations, they want to make sure their policies address organizational culture. Where might policies say it is unacceptable if the organization’s operations are inconsistent with our organizational culture? This...
by Rose Mercier | Sep 2, 2020 | Rose Mercier
You shouldn’t be surprised to learn that the board’s essential tool in Policy Governance® is its policy manual. After all, it is “Policy” Governance. However, you might be surprised to learn that a board can control and direct...
