Association Governance Consulting

Boardroom Metrics provides Association Governance and Strategy consulting to NFP’s, Trade and other Associations.

Association Governance Consulting

Our association governance consulting services focus on Board of Directors effectiveness. It is our view that Association and private business governance effectiveness can be improved when Boards and Directors share a consistent view of their role and learn how to focus on three key elements:

– identification and mitigation of risk
– validation and oversight of the strategic plan
– performance management of the CEO

Our association governance services include:
– leadership and facilitation of the governance effectiveness assessment process
– consulting on Association and Private Business governance effectiveness issues including Board composition, information, leadership, processes and culture
– education of Directors and Senior Leadership Teams on governance and effective execution of their roles with respect to governance effectiveness
– coaching and mentoring of Board Chairs, Directors, CEO’s and senior leaders on their governance roles

Association Board Effectiveness Audit

For Boards of Directors interested in understanding what opportunities they have to upgrade their governance effectiveness, this service is efficient and cost effective. Read about our Board Governance Audit here.

Audited Board elements and recommendations include:

• Board role
• Board structure, including # of Directors; terms; committees
• Nominating process
• Board operating procedures including Board meeting audit

Association Strategy Consulting

Our corporate strategy consulting services for Associations and Private Business focus on strategy development, validation and oversight. Strategy is a key element of effective governance. Like governance, we believe that strategy development and oversight effectiveness is maximized when those involved share a consistent definition of strategy and their role in the development and oversight processes.  We work with Boards, CEO’s and Senior Leadership Teams on strategy effectiveness.

Our Association strategy consulting services include:
– leadership and facilitation of the strategy development process
– education of Directors and Leadership Teams on strategy, strategy development, validation and measurement
– consulting and mentoring to Directors and Leadership teams involved in strategy development and oversight
– tactical implementation expertise in business development, marketing and social media

Other Association Consulting Services

We provide a select few additional services that have spun out of our consulting work over the years. They include:

– Social Media Marketing Consulting – we are experts at on-line visibility, search, and building communities. In fact, over 80% the projects we do result from clients finding us on-line (read more about Social Media Marketing Consulting here)

– Interim Management – over the years, our network of senior executive talent has grown to include leaders and subject matter experts in almost every corporate function and field. From marketing to human resources, technology to healthcare if you need someone fast, we can likely connect you with them (read more about Interim Management here).

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A Board has three roles: identifying and mitigating risk, validating and overseeing the strategic plan and performance managing the CEO. Regarding the strategic plan, there is lots of governance confusion. Many Boards see it as their role to develop the strategic plan.  They don’t need to – and in most cases they shouldn’t. The strategic plan needs to be built by people who understand two things…