Governance of Christ-centered Organizations

Last Saturday, I facilitated a half-day board retreat and asked the board members to rate the meeting on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being high...

THE PROBLEM—annoying boardroom behaviors! Email Eddie: His life on the outside is so important (so he thinks) that he’s reading or se...

John Maxwell says, “the secret to a good meeting is the meeting before the meeting." He credits his meeting management wisdom to Ol...

Why are some board members so easily tempted to micromanage? There are many reasons, but I believe there is one big reason. In the abse...

Here’s a Fast Feedback tool that will immediately improve your board and committee meetings. Yesterday, I facilitated a one-hour Nomi...

This week I participated in a CEO/board chair symposium for a niche segment in the nonprofit world.  While I gleaned several big ideas ev...

The executive summary of the ECFA 2012 Governance Survey was published last month and so boardrooms have been buzzing about the governan...