Board Governance
Leadership and Strategic Planning

Are you a member or leader of a board? Do you want to serve on a board? Whether elected or appointed, the board of an organization plays a critical role in the life of the organization.    

What constitutes or defines a good board or a good board member?

What does the organization require of its board?

Can you afford to have your time wasted? Can you afford the legal liability of organizational misbehavior?

Our consultants are experts in Policy Governance™ and the Carver System. Both President Dr. Steve Cohen and Dr. Dick Biery, LMAG consultant, have been through the introductory and advanced academy training for these programs.

We can provide training and consulting in Policy Governance™ and therefore help you and your board do what it's supposed to do and not make the usual mistakes of well-meaning, but untrained boards. Carver in his book, Boards That Make a Difference, describes these errors: 

Time spent on trivial matters-items of trivial scope or importance get too much attention.

Working on a short term time horizon-dealing with items that have near term or even dealing with items that have passed:

         Taking a reactive stance—reacting to staff initiatives

         Reviewing, rehashing and redoing-—going over things staff has already done

         Leaky accountability—boards allow accountability to leak around the CEO

         Overload—being overwhelmed by the detail of the organization’s operations

         Rubberstamping-—boards doing what they are told by the CEO           

We can provide guidance and facilitation in your board’s strategic activities.