Board Best Practices

Keeping critical board conversations private, engaging time-starved directors, and deciding how best to adopt digital governance with an IT department juggling mounting internal needs and the Fintech race – these are daily realities of North…
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Organizations often invest tons of effort in recruiting new board members but gloss over orientation. Given recruitment generally occurs year-round – directors come onto a board while it’s in state of play. You don’t want…
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Interview with Institute on Governance executives Barry Christoff and Laura Edgar There are a wide range of indigenous organizations with boards – from community based enterprises and health authorities to regional and national organizations (such…
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Aprio’s founder and board director, John Kidder, joins us for this guest post. I’m retired now but every time I pull out a suitcase I get board meeting travel flashbacks. Talking to directors in airports,…
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With our thanks, we share this rebroadcast of an earlier article by respected board governance advisor John T. Dinner.  Board effectiveness inextricably linked to board leadership A board’s overall effectiveness can often be linked directly…
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We like to think of the start of the year as an opportunity to start fresh — to take all our experiences, including mistakes, from the year before and learn from them. We know what…
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Sharing information between directors is essential for any board. But sharing it safely — well, for a lot of organizations that’s another matter altogether. A recent report from Thomson Reuters suggests many organizations struggle with…
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“Board evaluations deliver valuable information and are an important tool in improving the board’s overall effectiveness. A thoughtful approach to the evaluation process includes selecting the right topics for focus and the right tools for…
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