Five Questions For a Startup Board Chair
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 [...]
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 [...]
Corporate Governance Failure is Common (More Common Than Most Directors Understand) Strong governance is an important concept. In theory, it leads to organizational health and sustainability. Unfortunately, the reality [...]
Board Composition and Board Size. How many Directors should your Board have? Nine. Seven. Nineteen. Ok. It depends. Here’s how to think about it: The logic of Board Size [...]
Here are the four most common findings from our Board evaluation work: 1. Many Directors lack a common understanding of the Board's role. A critical step in every Board [...]
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 [...]
“Strategy is a waste of time”. Lots of private business owners we know feel this way because their private business has achieved a high degree of success without strategy. Why [...]
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 [...]
Statistics show that private company Boards are smaller and composed of fewer unrelated Directors than public company Boards. This matters. The rationale that leads public company Boards of Directors [...]
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 [...]