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 [...]
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 [...]
What is Corporate Governance PPT
What is Corporate Governance? Corporate governance is most effective when Directors share a common definition of corporate governance, the Board’s governance role and the key building blocks for achieving [...]
Board Composition: what’s the right size Board of Directors?
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 [...]
Corporate Governance: Top 4 Board Evaluation Findings
Here are the four most common findings from our Board evaluation work over the past ten years: 1. Directors seldom share a common understanding of the Board’s role. A [...]
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 [...]
4 Steps to Better Private Business Strategy
“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 [...]
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 [...]
What Private Companies Can Learn About Board Composition From Public Companies
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 [...]