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Five Questions For a Startup Board Chair

Jim Crocker2019-01-05T12:49:32-05:00July 12th, 2018|Governance, Private Business|

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 [...]

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Three Factors Driving Corporate Governance Failure

Jim Crocker2020-09-26T16:19:20-04:00June 7th, 2018|Family Business, Governance, Leadership, Private Business|

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 [...]

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Board Composition: what’s the right size Board of Directors?

Jim Crocker2020-03-05T12:30:54-05:00February 25th, 2018|Governance, Private Business|

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 [...]

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Corporate Governance: Top 4 Board Evaluation Findings

Jim Crocker2020-07-24T07:55:48-04:00February 11th, 2018|Association Management, Governance, Private Business|

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 [...]

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Association Governance: Board Composition Values Competence

Jim Crocker2019-06-25T15:14:26-04:00November 1st, 2017|Family Business, Governance, Private Business|

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 [...]

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4 Steps to Better Private Business Strategy

Jim Crocker2019-01-05T12:49:34-05:00August 17th, 2017|Private Business|

“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 [...]

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Think he’s crazy? Donald Trump is just your typical entrepreneur.

Jim Crocker2019-01-05T12:49:34-05:00August 2nd, 2017|Business Strategy, Family Business, Leadership, Private Business|

  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 [...]

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What Private Companies Can Learn About Board Composition From Public Companies

Jim Crocker2020-06-27T17:22:41-04:00May 3rd, 2017|Governance, Private Business|

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 [...]

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Four Factors Separating Strong Boards from Failed Boards

Jim Crocker2019-01-05T12:49:40-05:00May 3rd, 2017|Corporate Culture, Family Business, Governance, Private Business|

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 [...]

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