Corporate Governance Lessons: Why Boards Fail
Why Boards Fail Often (more often than it seems) Strong governance is an important concept. In theory, it leads to organizational health and sustainability. Unfortunately, the reality is that [...]
Association Governance: Board Composition Values Competence
As association governance evolves, Board composition increasingly values Director competence. Competency based Boards engage Directors based on their specific knowledge and expertise. Traditionally, associations and many other NFP Boards [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sustainability for SMEs
Neil Smith’s short video shares his perspective regarding Sustainability for Small to Medium sized Business (SMEs): http://youtu.be/f3bSZWVAtz0 Neil addresses the key issues that can affect sustainability for your business: Personal [...]
Exit strategies for family-owned businesses
Assuming you have decided to partially or fully exit your family-owned business, there are multiple exit strategies you could use. The choice of strategy depends on: your strategic objective (most important): [...]
Business Valuation is Key to Any Family Business Exit Strategy
As you debate the pros and cons of effecting a partial, or full exit from your family business, it is likely that valuation will be at the front of your [...]