by Richard Stringham | Sep 11, 2025 | Richard Stringham
Whether your board governs a nonprofit, a corporation, or any other type of organization, join Richard Stringham to discover 6 universal governance principles that apply to every board. Are you using Policy Governance? These principles apply. Are you using some other...
by Andrew Bergen | Oct 31, 2024 | Andrew Bergen
I recently attended a board meeting where several board members were becoming frustrated with the Rules of Order written in their policies. One person commented, “This is why I don’t like Policy Governance®; because it forces us to run our meetings this way.” This...
by Paul Zilz | Oct 17, 2024 | Paul Zilz
Think about the last time you were trying to resolve an emotionally-laden issue within your family, your business team, or perhaps your church or service organization. What and how did you communicate? My wife has often said one of my greatest strengths is that I am...
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 The Governance Coach™ | May 6, 2021 | Andrew Bergen
The arrival of spring is always welcome. For my wife and me, one of the best parts of spring is the return of many migrating birds to our heavily treed yard. Finches of all varieties, woodpeckers, martins, hummingbirds and, of course, the iconic bird of spring, the...