by Richard Stringham | Dec 2, 2021 | Richard Stringham
…perhaps it shouldn’t! Some boards have an interesting perspective on reports. They view a report as something the board needs to adopt or approve. On one hand, this is understandable. If the board doesn’t make a decision whether it will adopt or approve a report,...
by Rose Mercier | Apr 29, 2021 | Rose Mercier
In my decade-long path of helping boards and CEOs implement practices that support the elegant governance system that is Policy Governance®, I have learned that monitoring is both embraced and cursed. Embraced for its promise of providing evidence that the...
by Richard Stringham | Apr 15, 2021 | Richard Stringham
Among the many things that I wish I’d known when I was younger is: wait for it…how to write effective reports for the board. Okay, I realize that’s not a tantalizing subject for most young men, but in my earlier career it certainly occupied more of my time than it...
by Ted Hull | Nov 25, 2020 | Ted Hull
One of the most common questions I’m asked is “How does a Policy Governance® board evaluate its CEO?” Let me suggest that if your board is asking this question, it is asking the wrong one. If you hired someone to build a fence, you wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) evaluate the...
by David Gray | Oct 21, 2020 | David Gray
It’s not unusual for boards which have not previously worked with the Policy Governance® model to respond very positively when it is explained to them and to express enthusiasm for implementing the model. However, it’s also not unusual for boards new to the model to...
