Boards working on strategic planning or other governance priorities will frequently rent a boardroom outside the organization’s offices. Whether the boardroom rental is at a resort hotel or a downtown office service, not all meeting rooms are equal. As an external Board facilitator, I’ve had the opportunity to observe what makes good and bad meeting [...]
Corporate Governance Speaker Shares High Profile Lessons Learned Jim Crocker, Chair of Boardroom Metrics is a seasoned corporate governance speaker and facilitator. Jim has consulted in the field of corporate governance for many years. He was first exposed to the challenges of strong corporate governance as a public company CEO. As a Director, Jim has [...]
Association Governance - Evolving From Operations to Oversight Here are the most common trends we are observing in Association governance: Board roles are being redefined to focus on governance and oversight from operations and staff direction. Board composition is being realigned towards risk, strategy and subject matter expertise from member representation. Board operating processes and [...]
Recently, I was contacted by a friend looking for some governance insight. She had been approached to be the Chair of a young, fast growing start-up. Although she didn’t have any Board experience, there were many logical reasons the start-up had reached out to her. My friend wanted to understand everything she could about being [...]
Boardroom Metrics RFP Response Writing Boardroom Metric’s team of RFP response writers work from various locations across the United States and Canada. Currently there are nine writers and two graphic artists on the team. Canadian locations include Toronto, London and Calgary. Almost 100% of the work the team does is virtual via phone, email, text [...]
Boards Fail Often (more often than it seems) We are passionate advocates for strong corporate governance. We believe good governance leads to organizational health and sustainability. We get depressed when another large (frequently public) organization bites the dust or hits the skids. Whereas the press and many others seem to blame management, we frequently find [...]
Corporate governance is most effective when Directors share a common understanding of what is corporate governance, the Board’s governance role and the key building blocks for achieving effective corporate governance. This presentation has been used by Associations, private business and not-for-profit Boards of Directors to define corporate governance and the role of the Board of [...]
What Association Board type are you - oversight or operations? As Boards of Directors strive to improve their governance effectiveness, a key challenge many face is striking the right balance between oversight and operations. Many Association Boards started with an operating focus. It was the Boards of new and emerging associations who brought [...]