by Brenda | Sep 16, 2014 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
Why Do CEOs Fail? Boards trust their CEOs to be honest, open, transparent, and reliable. Many boards lean on their CEOs for advice. At times, a board can rely too heavily and fail to see the risks associated with the CEO’s recommendations become too friendly and fail...
by Brenda | Aug 7, 2014 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
How Management Can Destroy a Not-for-Profit: Boards Take Note Introduction Board members are busy people. If they think they know their CEO/ED, they often trust their thinking and buy into the story they create. The question is do board members know the story and how...
by Brenda | Feb 11, 2014 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
How are management boards, governance boards and an advisory boards different? Often board members accept positions on boards without asking about the type of board. The type of board dramatically affects the member’s role. Therefore, it is essential to...
by Brenda | Jan 29, 2014 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
Does It Matter if Your Board Functions Well? It can be argued that how a board functions does not really matter because boards do not make any difference to organizations. If the board did not exist, no one would notice. If this is indeed true, then how the board...
by Brenda | Nov 19, 2013 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
Rogue Governors/CEOs and Responsibility of Governing Boards/Councils They Do Exist Many governing bodies like the world to think everything is great. Unfortunately, this is often far from the truth. Problems fail to be acknowledged or are hidden for a variety of...
