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Thoughts and perspectives on how organizations can achieve strong policy governance.


Governance Solutions
WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT GOVERNANCE? We Need “New” Solutions People seem to believe that the status quo still isn’t working because they...


On board service
Dear Association Executive: Recently on the American Society of Association Executive’s (ASAE) Executive Section listserv, there have...


What do nonprofit governing boards do?
Defining governance is not easy. If you google “definition on governance,” you will find over 500,000 entries. Governance is a generic...


A Failure of Leadership
Last week, President Obama spoke of a “failure of leadership” at GM. What happens to GM affects their employees, vendors, retirees,...


Democracy is messy
Last night, President Obama said that democracy is messy. Democracy is messy. Governing boards represent democracy in action and the...


Governance is a new word to many
An acquaintance asked me yesterday what I do. “I work with board and executive leaders on a system of governance that helps them get rid...


Update to: Cooperation, collaboration, or coopetition…whatever works.
An update to what was written here. This group is still together but we’ve moved beyond Policy Governance to conceptualizing what it...

Lessons on Policy Governance® from The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen was an industrious little hen. From a few seeds, she had a vision of a beautifully golden, richly fragrant loaf of...


Would you buy 30-year-old technology?
The ad reads: “Car ‘phones. They’re no longer the privilege of the chosen few.” In 1982, I actually had one of these Vodaphone babies. I...
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