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Reflections from The Governance Boutique
Watch for a regular series of posts on governance matters and the board journey written by the Governance Boutique founder, Donna, governance coach, Paul and governance branding coach, Kerry.
One Woman’s Journey into Board Governance – Part 2 Crossing the Threshold: Courting, Dating and Moving in with an NFP Board
By Mardi Witzel In my first blog One Woman’s Journey into Board Governance, I talked about the different paths to a board appointment, ranging from the coveted ‘shoulder tap’ to the less glamorous but broadly rewarding tack of ‘over-preparedness.’ Looking back and thinking about my first board appointment, it wasn’t something I went looking for,…
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Does Your Board of Directors Look Good or Do Good?
By Paul Dubal, Governance Coach Does Your Board of Directors Look Good or Do Good? Leadership is a curious thing. People have different interpretations of what being an effective leader looks like. I have had many interesting debates with colleagues and associates about what constitutes an effective leader. Indeed, the whole concept of leadership has…
One Woman’s Journey into Board Governance – Part 1: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
By Mardi Witzel I was roughly halfway through the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) flagship program when a friend shared with me that she had just received her first corporate board appointment. Specifically, she had been invited onto the board of a small publicly listed company and I was thrilled for her. I was also more than a…
Governance Boutique Expert Shares Her View On Organizations Taking Concrete Steps Toward Effective AI Governance
By Mardi Witzel, Governance Coach and Niraj Bhargava, CEO NuEnergy.ai Is AI Governance a Vitamin Pill or a Painkiller? It isn’t always possible to see how decisions are made about AI. It’s time for organizations to get serious about taking concrete steps toward effective AI governance. Let’s say you work for a bank that uses…
The Best Director Is A Learning Director
By Paul Dubal, Governance Coach Achieving a non-executive board director position is a huge achievement of which you can be justifiably proud. The benefit to your career and personal reputation is unparalleled. It is an endorsement of your status and leadership qualities. However, far too many times I have experienced new directors who, once having achieved…
The Art Of Asking The Right Questions
By Paul Dubal, Governance Coach A Board orientation is a great forum for getting directors up to speed, and invariably involves a great deal of reading and knowledge gathering around the company, its products and services, its industry, the strategy etc. There is lots to assimilate for a new director. It is also important to…
Does Joining the Board Really Mean Joining the Men’s Team?
By Donna Price, Governance Coach and founder of the Governance Boutique Evidently, it does. I believe that many of our achievements arise out of our effort (many times, significant effort), skill, character and personality. Growing up in my neighbourhood, more boys than girls participated in sports. Undeterred by size and gender, it never occurred to me that I…
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