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Unless the Board Approves

Unless the Board Approves

Recently I was meeting with a board that was just beginning to implement Policy Governance®. The board appeared to have a good grasp of the model including the principle of Executive Limitations. The board understood the idea that it would delegate authority to the...
Budgets are Bad??!!

Budgets are Bad??!!

[Note: if you are not a church, there’s still a lesson in this blog.] “A budget is the most overworked, overused, misunderstood, and inaccurate piece of fiction that a church board will ever see. It’s like a bad steak which is chewed on, gnawed on, and eventually...
What a Board Approves, it Owns

What a Board Approves, it Owns

I was about 11 years old when I attended my first auction sale. I quickly got the idea how the system worked and as a budding entrepreneur I got into the bidding and ended up outbidding everyone else, in the process scoring an antique rocking chair for two dollars....
Kinda’ Doing Policy Governance®

Kinda’ Doing Policy Governance®

You are likely reading this blog because you have some familiarity with a board which professes to be using Policy Governance®. Maybe your board has been using the “Carver model” for years or it is using a hybrid model of Policy Governance. I was hardly aware of...
Motor Home or Winter Vacation:  Opportunity Cost

Motor Home or Winter Vacation: Opportunity Cost

When a board develops its ends as it implements the Policy Governance® model, it considers three components. These components include: (1) how will people be better off, (2) which people will be better off and (3) what is it worth to produce these results. One of the...
What About Term Limits For Board Members?

What About Term Limits For Board Members?

It is important that we have term limits for board members so we can get fresh blood. We need term limits; otherwise how do we get rid of poor board members? These are two very common reasons for setting term limits for a board. You can add to this list of supposedly...

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