INSIGHTS & ARTICLES
10 Questions Funders Are Asking Boards to Judge Effectiveness
The board plays a critical role in success by overseeing strategic decisions, mitigating risks, and ensuring ethical conduct. To assess the strength of a company's governance structure, funders will often ask a series of important questions.
Five Governance Reasons Funders Are Rejecting You
When it comes to attracting capital investment, philanthropic or government funding, companies of any type must not only showcase their purpose and operational excellence but increasingly demonstrate strong governance practices.
Holistic Board Leadership
Increasingly, what separates modern board members from the pack is their holistic approach to their role(s).
They don’t see themselves as computers spitting out technical knowledge needed to aid a decision-making process. They are fully integrated and present humans and see their personal development and professional development as one and the same.
Earned Skills vs Learned Skills of the Boardroom
In this month’s ONE THING, Paul Smith looks at how we might better judge and nurture our learned skills, not just earned skills.
“Many boards are forced to recruit non-qualified directors to their boards even though most of them make a qualification a pre-requite. On the face of it, and if there was good work done to create a "screener" for candidates, this wouldn't be a problem. However, I believe the system of governance education is inherently flawed.”