What is Board Work?

Governance and program operations are not the same thing. Governance is board work; operations are staff work. Boards make policy; they delegate implementation. Boards define the outcomes (the &l...   [more >]

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Board Evaluation Needs Data
May 21, 2013

Performance evaluation is always more effective when applied internally. If we know what is expected of us, we can be more acutely analytic about our failings than any outside observer. We can hol...

What to do about Hotel California: get started on board evaluation
May 14, 2013

Board management has lapsed if you have lifers on the board in any position. A path of correction has to be charted by elements still following good governance principles. This could include others ...

Is your board like the Hotel California?
May 9, 2013

Do you have board members that check onto the board and never check out? Do you have board positions that appear to be life appointments? If so, the board has allowed individual pride and ego to h...

Staff Transitioning is for Everyone
May 1, 2013

The expectation for continual personal development and job-related aspiration should be communicated and demonstrated from the CEO and the senior staff through the whole supervisory chain to all sta...

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