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Accountability vs Responsibility: What’s the Difference?
Susan Mogensen 
June 7, 2019
Susan Mogensen June 7, 2019Policy Governance Benefits
Susan Mogensen May 19, 2018
Susan Mogensen May 19, 2018If your board or organization is asked about why it uses Policy Governance, here are five main benefits to share. Results: Policy Governance focuses boards on ensuring that the organization achieves relevant results. Applying Policy Governance principles lets boards connect all the dots from owner input to board policy to policy interpretation to evidence of Continue reading →
Spurious Influences Derail Delegation
Susan Mogensen April 2, 2018
Susan Mogensen April 2, 2018Whenever a person or group of people delegate a task or objective to another person or group of people, this is what we expect will happen. Someone in a position of authority (e.g., citizens, members, shareholders, a board of directors, a boss) communicates clear objectives to a delegatee, who, by virtue of the role they accepted, Continue reading →
Top Five Signs Your Board of Directors is Fighting a Losing Game
Susan Mogensen June 2, 2015
Susan Mogensen June 2, 2015Is your board fighting a losing game? Just as Lucy and Ethel struggle to keep up with wrapping the chocolates in this classic I Love Lucy scene, boards of directors can also find themselves fighting a losing game when operational activities, plans, budgets and decisions come at them faster than can be properly handled. A Continue reading →
Dear Board Member: It’s Not About You, It’s About We
Susan Mogensen May 5, 2015
Susan Mogensen May 5, 2015“Good leaders must first become good servants.” – Robert Greenleaf Yes, we know you were elected or appointed to the board of directors because of your expertise, your skills, your background, your hard work, your personality, and/or your commitment to the company or organization. Or maybe you stepped up when nobody else volunteered. Regardless of Continue reading →
The Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide For All Boards of Directors
Susan Mogensen December 7, 2014
Susan Mogensen December 7, 2014Use the Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide For All Boards of Directors to navigate your way out of any issue or challenge that comes before your board. Two main elements are key: (1) having a comprehensive and relevant set of board policies that appropriately reflect the board’s and owners’ values; and (2) monitoring to ensure the policies Continue reading →
Policy Governance® Walk-Through: How to Write a Monitoring Report
Susan Mogensen November 7, 2014
Susan Mogensen November 7, 2014Need more information on how to write a monitoring report for a board of directors that is using Policy Governance? Click here to book a free consultation or take our online course.
Policy Governance: Six Benefits over the ‘Traditional’ Approach
Susan Mogensen March 7, 2013
Susan Mogensen March 7, 20131. CEO and staff are empowered to do their jobs with confidence and creativity. For traditional boards, typically the CEO/staff make plans and decisions which they must present to the board for approval. Direction from the board is often unclear, incomplete, contradictory, or amounts to well-intentioned mircromanaging. Confusion frequently results when staff cannot distinguish between Continue reading →
Monitoring Executive Performance
Susan Mogensen January 15, 2013
Susan Mogensen January 15, 2013Monitoring Executive Performance Using Policy Governance® Say, when’s the last time you had *this* conversation? Not recently, or ever? Seems that companies and organizations are always messing up. But it doesn’t have to be that way; let me show you why. In a perfect world we should see inputs and expectations flowing into an Continue reading →
Seven Beliefs About Boards I’d Like to Change
Susan Mogensen April 4, 2011
Susan Mogensen April 4, 2011Belief # 1: Boards exist to oversee management. Instead, consider: Boards exist to lead on behalf of owners. Belief #2: We improve governance by solving existing problems. Instead, consider: Governance excellence demands a holistic, systemic approach. Belief # 3: We need more of a certain type of person/identifiable group on boards. Instead, consider: All board Continue reading →
My Wish For 2011: Pushing the Conversation About Boards
Susan Mogensen January 7, 2011
Susan Mogensen January 7, 2011Comment Re: Beyond Optics: Why Board Diversity Really Matters http://huff.to/bdivlpm (by Lucy Marcus, CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting, and published by the Huffington Post on January 5, 2011) When I read this article, I think yes, Lucy makes an excellent case for diversity on boards. Diversity of thought, perspectives, skills and backgrounds in the boardroom Continue reading →
Five Questions All Boards Should Ask
Susan Mogensen November 8, 2010
Susan Mogensen November 8, 2010If your board of directors wants to evaluate its own performance, start by setting aside time on the next board meeting agenda for reflection on these five questions: Does everyone around the board table answer this question the same way: on whose behalf are we legally and/or morally accountable? Do we have a regular way Continue reading →
- Your Board and the COVID-19 Crisis
- When the Going Gets Tough, Just Use Policy Governance® Already
- Saving Democracy: Good Governance to the Rescue
- It All Comes Down to This
- Accountability: What Could Go Wrong?
- Accountability vs Responsibility: What’s the Difference?
- We’re using Policy Governance and we have a Treasurer. Help!
- Flipping the Policy Governance Classroom
- Policy Governance Benefits
- How to Resolve Operational Concerns
- Spurious Influences Derail Delegation
- Values Are Not Just Words on a Page
- Consider the Worth of Benefits for Recipients
- Strategic Planning, Policy Governance-style
- Understanding the One Voice Principle
