Improving skills in Policy Governance
Board Orientation Print E-mail

On occasion we get a cold call from a board that is following Policy Governance (note to self; following is not usually the same as using or practicing!) but feels that it has lost its way.

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Cultivating Group Responsibility Print E-mail

The Board must act as a single entity.  To achieve this, the board members must learn to think together.  This requires group responsibility.

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Annual Agenda Planning Print E-mail

The Annual Agenda is probably the most misunderstood of the board’s agendas. It is useful to think about it as the board’s annual work plan.  It is in the annual agenda that the board takes on learning, ownership linkage and future environmental scanning. 

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Ownership Linkage Print E-mail

Figuring out how and what to talk to your owners about is not intuitive. Policy Governance asks you to be purposeful in that connection, seeking perspectives,  identifying missing voices and gathering unknown values for policy development.

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Board Self Assessment Print E-mail

An undisciplined board undermines the accountability of the CEO. Not following your policies is an issue of organizational integrity. How can you expect the CEO to follow policy if the Board doesn't?

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Monitoring Print E-mail

Policy Governance gives you many options for assessing whether or not the behaviors and results measure up to expectations in policy.
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