…advisors, we also serve on boards ourselves, and we’ve received a lot of advice in our own board journeys. Frankly, not all of it has been good. So, to celebrate… Continue Reading The Best (and Worst) Advice We’ve Heard for Women in the Boardroom
…interested in building and sustaining an effective board? You’ll want to read CPA Canada’s newly released 20 Questions Directors Should Ask about Building and Sustaining an Effective Board, authored by… Continue Reading 20 Q’s – Building and Sustaining an effective board by Liz Watson
…primer for board directors this book is an invaluable resource for organizations in board orientation sessions. As a handbook and reference guide, it addresses the most frequent and common issues… Continue Reading Duties and Responsibilities of Directors for NFP organizations (Fourth Ed. by WATSON)
…the board can evaluate the performance of the CEO, as well as meaningful developmental feedback for the CEO. Therefore, boards are encouraged to design processes keeping the following points in… Continue Reading CEO Evaluation
…entire board, committees and individual directors Evaluate – provide boards with dedicated time to reflect on the functioning and effectiveness of the board and their peers Embed – policies and… Continue Reading An Effective Board – 5 steps to stronger renewal
…even with the growing acceptance of the board’s need to take a more active role in strategy and the volumes of information available, many boards still wrestle with the strategy… Continue Reading Three Keys to Strategic Planning
…is essential for board success. Invest time to ensure roles and responsibilities of board leaders, individual directors, committees, and officers are clearly defined in your board governance policies. When directors… Continue Reading Why an engaged Board is a powerful Board (Watson’s 5 tips for building a better board)
…signed and assume that the new CEO will address the organizational challenges as they expect. In order to increase the chances of CEO transition success, boards must direct considerably more… Continue Reading Managing the Risk of CEO Transition
Abbotsford BC — Barb Schimnowsky is pleased to announce the merger of Westview Executive Search Ltd. and WATSON Advisors Inc. As part of WATSON, Barb will lead the Executive… Continue Reading Westview Executive Search Merges with WATSON Advisors Inc.
…to why directors had not yet addressed sexual harassment at the Board level. The Washington Post notes that the most common reason given by directors is that they “felt it… Continue Reading In the Shadow of Weinstein Woes: How Boards Should Be Thinking About Sexual Harassment
