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What’s Going to Matter Next in Board Governance Contributed by:
Lyn McDonellWednesday, August 13, 2008 (4 years 275 days ago)
When it comes to board futures, I don’t have a crystal ball but I’m willing to read the tea leaves. Significant governance trends are underway. My bet is they will deepen and continue, and boards of directors will soon be grappling with a quite different framework of expectations for what is good governance.
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Wasting Time or Advancing the Mission? How to Improve your Board Meetings Contributed by:
Lyn McDonellWednesday, January 03, 2007 (6 years 133 days ago)
I once worked with someone who, when he found a meeting boring, would figure out the true cost of the meeting. He would estimate the salaries of those present, calculate a per hour rate, add in travel, accommodation and venue costs, and then come up with his guess of how much the event was really costing. The dollar figure was always a jaw-dropper. That old chestnut “time is money” applied. Meetings are expensive!
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When Boards Embrace Accountability, Good Things Happen Contributed by:
Lyn McDonellWednesday, October 18, 2006 (6 years 210 days ago)
Do you remember “follow the leader,” that children’s game in which everyone mimics whatever the leader does? To a great degree, follow the leader plays out in our organizations. Leadership attention establishes credibility of a goal or issue. When leadership fails to take up an important issue and lead the charge, there is a loss of faith, turnover, and sometimes a slippage in performance.
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