…the culture and monitor it in order to provide direction where it sees risks and opportunities. Effective boards deeply care about culture, as it can create existential risk for an… Continue Reading Board Oversight of Culture
…strategy is reshaped and improved, management and the board reach a common understanding of it. In the end, directors will wholeheartedly support it.” Ram Charan, Aligning Boards and Management on… Continue Reading The Board’s Role in Strategy
…This is only possible with a robust CEO emergency succession plan in place. It takes time to find a new CEO, and while partnering with an executive search firm can… Continue Reading Four Talent Questions Boards Need to Ask Right Now
…We need strong, sustainable NFPs more than ever with skilled boards that are equipped to deliver on purpose, serve all stakeholders, and navigate a changing world with care and intention…. Continue Reading ESG for Not-For-Profits
…executive team of a not-for-profit have a highly collaborative and trusting working relationship. There are few disagreements and the CEO’s plans get passed easily and unanimously. A new director worries… Continue Reading Board-Executive Assessment of Teaming
…impact and personal relationships are all significant factors that influence the decision. Most directors have little experience with terminating a CEO; it is uncharted territory prone to mistakes. Because of… Continue Reading Terminating the CEO
Your ears perk up – what did the CEO just say? Here you are, a director participating in the last Finance Committee meeting of an exhausting 2020. As the meeting… Continue Reading In the Boardroom: COVID, Travel and Tone at the Top
…description? Do you have term limits in place for the role? Do you have a chair evaluation built into your board or director evaluation process? Do you have a budget… Continue Reading The Broken Chair
…celebrating their voices. One of the best opportunities to practice this is through recruitment. Here are five ways you can #ChooseToChallenge your approach to your next executive or director search:… Continue Reading International Women’s Day 2021
…less information on governance and the director role than someone who has served on one or two boards. Every director is unique and comes from a different place. Director orientation… Continue Reading What makes a Great Director Orientation
