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Policy Governance® for the Generations

Policy Governance® for the Generations

I coach an organization that, like many other organizations, is wondering how changing population demographics will affect them. They have been proactively trying to understand how their association will be relevant in the future to the various generations – Baby...
What’s The Plan?

What’s The Plan?

We’ve all been asked, “What’s the plan?” At home, at work, with friends and family everyone asks about the plan. Who is making the plan and who is in charge of the plan? Plans can be short or long depending upon their purpose. If I plan to make dinner tonight, I need...
Is Your Board Sprouting Suckers?

Is Your Board Sprouting Suckers?

I recently had an old lilac tree removed from my yard and had someone come to grind out the main stump.  Then I decided it would be a good place to create a new garden bed, but there was a lot of work to be done to prepare the bed.  Since my approach to life is to...
Kinda’ Doing Policy Governance®

Kinda’ Doing Policy Governance®

You are likely reading this blog because you have some familiarity with a board which professes to be using Policy Governance®. Maybe your board has been using the “Carver model” for years or it is using a hybrid model of Policy Governance. I was hardly aware of...

Welcome to The Governance Coach™

Policy Governance® Virtual Workshops

Introduction to Policy Governance® courses starting:

February 4, 2026

March 25, 2026

Assessing Monitoring Reports:

February 11, 2026

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