March 23, 2022

Wise Directors Pivot

What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue that have been trapped by market inefficiencies? That’s the question...
February 14, 2022

Let’s Take a Minute to Talk about Minutes

Can we take a minute to talk about your minutes? Most of us understand that minutes need to demonstrate that an organization is acting in the best interests of its owners or funders...
January 28, 2022

Disruption Isn’t Optional

Responding to disruption will never be optional, but successful directors should realize that disrupting for the greater good has now become mandatory.
January 3, 2022

Directors’ Priorities for 2022

The disruptive impacts of COVID will continue to challenge all sectors in 2022. We know that the magnitude will lessen this year; it is the uncertainty and unproductivity that creates havoc. What are boards prioritizing this year?
December 14, 2021

How Boards Can Steer Management Away From Strategic Planning Traps

Most boards and most senior executives engage in strategic planning exercises on a routine basis. What’s wrong with that? Maybe nothing...
October 12, 2021

What Top Executives Can Do When Directors Interfere

The role of boards is well understood – they give strategic advice, focus on increasing value, and identify, avoid, or mitigate risk. Yet, sometimes board members, precisely because they are experienced and successful executives, step over the line...
September 28, 2021

Assessing Directors’ Mindsets

Do your board members have a Board Mindset™? How do you know? And how do you strengthen this set of attributes?
August 31, 2021

How Boards Can Avoid The Insidious Knowledge Trap

Despite the rapidly expanding literature in behavioral economics and the popularity of some of its well-known concepts, it is surprisingly tricky to put conclusions from research into practical use. As the behavioral economic theories suggest, this challenge exists because...
August 18, 2021

Measuring What Matters

The most highly functioning boards have established rigorous and targeted reporting that is not burdensome for management to prepare or for directors to read and comment upon. The executive measure, assess, and report on what matters most.