Effective Board Chairs Need Two Agendas Effective Board Chairs need two agendas! Let me explain. The first agenda is the Board Meeting Agenda. The board of directors generally elects a colleague into the role of Board Chair believing that s/he can actually lead a board meeting
Read more →In her book, The Strategist, Cynthia A. Montgomery identifies four basic questions leaders must ask as they engage in the process of strategic thinking and development: 1. What does my organization bring to the world? 2. Does that difference matter? 3. Is something about it scarce and
Read more →Here are the five books that made the biggest impact in my role as a governance and organizational leader in 2011 : Henry Cloud, Necessary Endings: The employees, business and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward Harrison Coerver, Race
Read more →It used to be that boards and governance were substantially the same: the two concepts overlapped. But with time and a radically changing environment, the domain of “governance” has moved beyond the domain of “the board.” — Dr. David O. Renz The Nonprofit
Read more →Whether we like it or not, endings are a part of life. They are woven into the fabric of life itself, both when it goes well, and also when it does not. Dr. Henry Cloud One of the reasons why succession planning is avoided is the fact
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