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Does Your Board Need an Information Diet?

Does Your Board Need an Information Diet?

Have you ever received the agenda package for your board meeting and thought “Oh, no – do I really have to wade through all of this information?”  If so, you’re not alone.  I think many board members, on receiving the package, feel like they are swimming...
Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary

The work patterns for my wife and I allow us to travel to the office together in the morning. We park underground at her office complex and, from there, I walk to my office. The parking underground sure is nice in winter!  When we first started this travel...
2 FOCUS (or Not 2 Focus)

2 FOCUS (or Not 2 Focus)

Driving a car responsibly requires that we keep our focus in at least two arenas: one near at hand and the other more distant. Near at hand we must negotiate a complex, changing environment of pedestrians, traffic and potentially dicey road conditions. Lose our...
Board Brain Disorder

Board Brain Disorder

I recently read a fascinating book, Brain Chains, by Theo Compernolle.  It got me thinking about the way in which boards unwittingly “chain” their collective brains. Drawing extensively on psychological and neurological research, Compernolle describes three brain...

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