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...
by Brenda | Nov 14, 2013 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
What Does Society Want Boards are an avenue to ensure that diversity is recognized and honored in many areas of society. In the past, ethnic groups were often concentrated in specific nations, provinces or locales but this is not the current reality. Therefore, it is...
by Brenda | Oct 23, 2013 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
7 essential components to ensure intra-board cooperation yields meaningful outcomes There are at least seven essential components that determine the effectiveness of intra-board cooperation. These are: Commitment to resolution of the issue Willingness to commit the...
by Brenda | Oct 9, 2013 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
Is Vertical or Horizontal Separation of Boards the Best Choice? When governments set up boards or when national bodies set up state/provincial boards they have to make choices. From their options they decide how to best ensure the mandate, functions and...
by Brenda | Oct 1, 2013 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
How to prepare new board members for the role Directors and Issues When new directors are asked to join a board they often say yes, yet remain unaware of the nuances associated with the role. They may not understand the full extent of the commitment required, or the...
by Brenda | Sep 25, 2013 | Executive Leadership and Board Governance
Ask Questions to find out if your board is transparent Board members are often aware of their obligations, but they also have rights. I advise that you not take too long to determine what they are. Ask questions and require straight forward answers. If you get them,...
