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Are you concerned about the lack of strong leadership and value demonstrated in the boardroom? Are you frustrated with under-utilized expertise sitting at the boardroom table? What about the low level of engagement and poor attendance demonstrated at meetings? You are not alone. Many boards both public and private sector are plagued with problems like these. They are all leading indicators of poor board structure, strategic plan alignment and poor operating discipline which, with a little time and organizational effort on behalf of the Board Chair and CEO or Executive Director, can be fixed easily! In a few short months your organization could reap the benefits of a supportive, strategic and engaged Board of Directors or Trustees!

Restructuring seems like a large endeavour but broken down into key activities like a current board assessment, reviews of the composition and a number of committees, the committee terms of reference and finally, strategic plan alignment, will produce a plan to align the organization’s mission and board objectives! This type of transformation will satisfy the strategic needs of the board, owners and management of your organization. Engagement, quality of board room discussion, strategic action and finally attendance will all improve. Recently a provincially funded Higher Education institution realized that its Board was not providing the type of value that it could. Though large in numbers in both membership and committees, the board suffered poor attendance and board member engagement. Agenda scope creep, member conflict and low productivity haunted the President and Board Chair to the point that hiring a governance consultant became a necessity before it became too late. Post review and restructuring work and with a dramatic reduction in numbers (both committee and members) a transformation of the board is now underway. One that is more aligned, engaged and contributing value to the school!

So back to you…If you see the same symptoms mentioned above, the first and most important step is to acquire an independent faciliator to start the review process! Engage your Governance committee with a challenge to renew the Board structure.

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