The best Boards encourage the members to get to know one another’s personal and professional aspirations.
Leaders serve on Boards for many reasons. The most effective Boards cultivate trust and alignment among members. They create shared commitments and encourage healthy accountabilty to support personal growth as the organization grows.
“You can’t have an effective organization without good leadership.”
– Paul Batz, Founder & CEO, Good Leadership
Board Vision and Alignment Coaching
For senior leaders managing professional and technical workforces who are:
Constantly searching for the most effective Board members.
Concerned the organization is too internally-focused.
Struggling to manage fiercely independent Board members who distract the organization with one-off problems or passion projects.
Good Leadership Board Vision and Alignment Coaching creates confidence and momentum by focusing the Board on the most important activities only the Board can do:
Envisioning the future, refining the mission, and role-modeling the values required for people to thrive together in a culture of healthy accountability.
The only way powerful people get along is by feeling they are building something special with people they respect and admire.
The best Boards see the partnership between the Chair and the CEO as the most important team. They have an ongoing commitment to Board development for individuals, for the Board as a team, and the continuous improvement of the policies and practices of good governance.
Uncertainty and the influence of credible threats make good Boards stronger and average Boards weaker. Weak Boards find themselves consistently playing catch up.
In the last five years, Boards have transformed their meeting strategies and member expectations, specifically around attendance. Many have shifted from all in-person to hybrid or a combination of both. Most haven't adjusted their Code of Conduct to reflect changing expectations.
Good Leadership Board Vision and Alignment Coaching includes:
A consistent annual process of Discovery Interviews and a Board effectiveness survey to ensure the Board is constantly evolving and improving.
Coaching for the Board Chair and CEO, using the Hogan Leadership tool to understand one another’s motivations, personality, and unprofessional stress response under the pressures of the job.
Efficient processes for onboarding new Board members and developing the collective expertise of the Board.
Benefits of Good Leadership Board Vision and Alignment Coaching:
Ongoing coaching to ensure the Chair and the CEO are aligned and functioning as the highest performing team in the organization.
Aspirational frameworks that keep the Board constantly refining what’s possible for improving the lives of critical stakeholders.
Board Member Code of Conduct to ensure members are behaving consistently as promised in relationships to the Board itself, constituents, employees, and the community at large.
The Good Leadership difference:
- Coaching vs. workshopping approach
- Structural and relational metrics for success
- Team data to support decision making
- Alignment and commitment to Can’t Miss Priorities
Learn more about Board Vision and Alignment Coaching today. Reach out to schedule a conversation.
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