Articles
Board Meetings, Board Structure
Making Executive Sessions Work
A four-part executive session meeting model can lead to effective governance.
Board Structure
Subsidiary Boards: “e pluribus unum?”
What are the roles, functions, purposes and challenges of the subsidiary boards, the boards that report to another board
Board Culture, Burnout
Get Active in Preventing Board Chair Burnout
To prevent board chair burnout, start with a well-defined role, delegation and limits on expectations.
Board Culture
Building an Effective CEO-Board Partnership
The past few years have only made things harder for new CEOs, with the impact of COVID-19 creating a volatile, politicized environment on top of existential organizational challenges. Even with all that, a big surprise for a new CEO is how much time and energy are required to establish and nurture an effective strategic partnership with your board so as to add value to the organization.
Governance Effectiveness, Board Infrastructure
The Role of the Board Chair
This webinar outlines key questions for boards to ask and approaches to take to clarify an explicit role and job description for the board chair.
Board Meetings
New Approaches to Effective Board Decision Making
Seven techniques can help support and strengthen your board's decision-making processes.
Board Meetings
Governance Improvement Practical Technique: Post-Board Meeting "Mini" Evaluations
To maintain the momentum of continuous governance improvement, many "best practices" boards institute regular mini-evaluations of board meetings. Here, each board meeting concludes with every board member anonymously completing a brief evaluation form of how the board planned for and used its time during the meeting.
Board Meetings
Seven Techniques to Strengthen Board Decision Making
Effective decision making often requires different techniques or approaches for different types of decisions. The following techniques and practices can help support and strengthen your board’s decision-making processes.