A definition for “engagement” is really difficult to determine. Just like we say, “if you’ve seen one chamber, you’ve seen one chamber,” everyone has a different idea about what member engagement really is and really, if you’ve seen one member, you’ve seen one member! Not only is there a variance in ideas about engagement, but during […]
Six Steps for Stability in Board Succession
Teachers frequently say that the psychology, level of understanding, and commitment of classes of students go through cycles. One year you may have an amazing group that just gets it; the next you struggle for the entire year while engaging in the exact way as with the class before. Your board of directors can do that […]
8 Bullets for Board Buy-In
I just did a Google search for “bored boards,” and would you believe it went five pages deep before anything other than organizational board difficulties surfaced? If there are that many blog posts and articles with that sentiment in the title, then we have a huge problem on our hands. Every day I have conversations […]