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 Governance. We are experienced in Policy Governance™ the Carver System, including Dr. Dick Biery, LMAG consultant, who has been through the introductory and advanced academy training. Dr. Steve Cohen has been through the iintorductory course and will take the academy traiing in September.

We can provide training and consulting in Policy Governance™ and therefore help you and your Board do what its supposed to do and not make the usual mistakes that 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 past;

         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.