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		<title>Developing Measurable Strategic Goals</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/developing-measurable-strategic-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A governing board is responsible for the organization’s strategic planning process, including measurable strategic goals.  Great goals are SMART goals.  They are specific, measurable, achievable, reach requiring, and time-bound.  Three common reasons that boards don’t develop measurable strategic goals are that the task requires hard mental work, board members often don’t know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=153&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Director Ineffectiveness is a Board Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many times in the past month board members have told me that there are no problems with their board.  Then they proceed to tell me that the biggest problem in the organization is that the Executive Director is not moving the organization froward or achieving the organization’s goals.  My immediate thoughts are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=147&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Encouraging an Engaged Workplace Culture</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/encouraging-an-engaged-workplace-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, when I shared with a former employee of a large corporation that I am a governance consultant, she had an immediate heartfelt response.  “Boards don’t care about employees”, she declared.  “They make decisions without any regard to how they will impact the employees’ work life.”  Unfortunately that may be a common [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=144&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monitoring Financial Results</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/monitoring-financial-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The board’s responsibility to protect the interests of the organization’s owners includes monitoring financial performance.  Many boards request financial reports on a monthly basis.  Others might review finances every quarter.  Some CEOs provide the board with a sparse one-page financial report that provides inadequate information.  Others compile an inch thick package [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=141&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Approval</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/budget-approval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many organizations the board approves the detailed line-item budget for the coming year, often engaging in exhausting discussion about small differences in preference.  There are other approaches to board leadership and oversight of the organization’s finances that position the board to focus on the big picture and empower staff to manage the details.
A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=137&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluation &#8211; A Leadership Best Practice</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/evaluation-a-leadership-best-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many leaders know about evaluation, such as staff performance reviews, post-project debriefs, and feedback to volunteers.  However, remarkably fewer have the skills and commitment to carry out regular evaluations.
Too often the first formal performance review given to industry association senior staff is their pink slip.  Many senior executives sense when the board is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=134&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Set and Communicate the Desired End Result &#8211; Always</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/set-and-communicate-the-desired-end-result-always/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard of Stephen Covey’s second habit “Begin with the end in mind”.  Yet, you may be one of the majority who do not always practice this maxim.  Its importance has been impressed on me from all sides this week.
The professional development program in which I participated this week started with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=131&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Board Meetings at a Distance</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/board-meetings-at-a-distance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern technology makes it possible for geographically diverse boards to reduce board meeting travel time and expenses for their members.  Information can be shared and decisions made remotely.  However, boards have to think about how they use technology to avoid misusing it.
Discussion on material issues is an important element in effective decision making. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=128&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Must Board Meetings be Face-to-Face?</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/must-board-meetings-be-face-to-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dialogue about how the board can meet is taking place in many organizations.  Are in-person meetings essential?  Are electronic meetings legal?  Are they effective?  When is each type of meeting appropriate?
We relate more fully with people when we can see and hear them and appreciate the environment in which they are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=124&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Meetings &#8211; Where the Board Reports to the Owners</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/annual-meetings-where-the-board-reports-to-the-owners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All board-led organizations are required to have an annual meeting for the purpose of communication between the owners and the board.  Quality communication is two-way, with the owners providing input and the board reporting back to the owners.  By planning a quality annual meeting boards can exercise the discipline of respecting the owners.
It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boardgovernance.wordpress.com&blog=2310424&post=123&subd=boardgovernance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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