Corporate Governance Lessons: Why Boards Fail
Why Boards Fail Often (more often than it seems) Good governance is a nice concept. In theory, it leads to organizational health and sustainability. However, the reality is that Boards [...]
Should Your Industry Association Have a Competency-Based Board?
Association Director Experience vs Expertise Competency based Boards engage Directors based on their specific knowledge and expertise. Traditionally, industry association Boards have engaged Directors based on their seniority, industry experience, [...]
Think he’s crazy? Donald Trump is just your typical entrepreneur.
Flickr Image by DonkeyHotey Forget Shark Tank. For anyone who fancies themselves as a future entrepreneurial star, studying Donald Trump (just watch the nightly news) may be [...]
Board Structure in Private vs Public Companies
Boards are Smaller and Less Independent in a Private vs Public Company Statistics show that private company Boards have fewer unrelated Directors than public company Boards. This matters. The rationale [...]
Four Factors Separating Strong Boards from Failed Boards
Failed Boards are more common than people realize. Failed Boards are much more common than most people realize. Charged with the responsibility of identifying and mitigating risk; validating and overseeing [...]
A More Important Role for Private Company Boards
Expanding the Role of the Private Company Board Most private companies report having a Board of Directors. Typically, the role of these private company Boards is for the owners to [...]
Corporate Governance For Private Business – Two Best Practices (Updated)
Recommendations Start with why - defining the role of your private company Board will help you identify how governance can be improved. There are three reasons that private businesses have Boards: [...]
Best tips to make Board strategic planning more effective
Boardroom Metrics provides corporate governance and strategy consulting to Public, Private and Not-For-Profit organizations in the United States and Canada. The five best tips to make Board strategic planning more [...]