Tip #56 Boards and the Coronavirus Pandemic

May 1, 2020  |  tips for effective boards

Boards of Directors have the awesome responsibility to ensure that their organizations are prepared to respond quickly and effectively to emerging crises such as the coronavirus pandemic.  Ideally, boards complete

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Tip #55 How to Avoid Rubberstamping and Micromanaging

April 1, 2020  |  tips for effective boards

A critical challenge that all boards face is finding a way to effectively balance empowering the CEO while retaining organizational control.  Rubberstamping and micromanaging represent two extremes to be avoided in

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Tip #54 Four Additional Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership

March 1, 2020  |  tips for effective boards

In this Tip for Effective Boards, we will focus on the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth of the Ten Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership.  Provide Support to the Board.  It is important that

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Tip #53 Three Additional Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership

February 1, 2020  |  tips for effective boards

In this Tip for Effective Boards, we will focus on the fourth, fifth and sixth of the Ten Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership. Clarify the Scope of the CEO’s Delegated Authority and Range of

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Tip #52 Three Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership

January 1, 2020  |  tips for effective boards

In this Tip for Effective Boards, we will focus on the first three of the Ten Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership identified in last month’s Tip for Effective Boards. Clarify Roles and Relationship. 

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Tip #51 Keys to a Successful Board-CEO Partnership

December 1, 2019  |  tips for effective boards

What are some signs that things may not be quite right in the Board-CEO relationship? The board is rubberstamping.  The board tends to accept whatever the CEO suggests or proposes and fails to do an independent

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Tip #50 How to Manage Board Disagreements Proactively and Constructively

November 1, 2019  |  tips for effective boards

In this Tip for Effective Boards, we’ll continue our discussion of the 4th P for Building Your Board Team: Manage Your Board Group Process Effectively and we’ll focus on tips for managing board disagreements

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Tip #49 Additional Tips to Encourage Creative Thinking in Your Board Meetings

October 1, 2019  |  tips for effective boards

In this Tips for Effective Boards, we continue our discussion of tips to encourage creative thinking.  We’ll focus first on two techniques:  5 Whys and Mind Mapping and then conclude with a few other

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