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		<title>A Candid Board is a Better Board</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2012/02/08/a-candid-board</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A well-respected director once confided to me that he occasionally voted for things with which he didn’t agree. He said it was  because he didn’t want to be the only one to vote against it … he didn’t want to be contrarian. Independence is one of the most important traits of board members. Your board&#8217;s governance policies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#8220;Strategic Planning&#8221; An Oxymoron?</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2012/02/07/strategic-planning-an-oxymoron</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term, “Strategic planning” is so ingrained in our business language, it is easier to work around it than attempt to redefine it. A dictionary defines strategy as a “behaviors, processes, or structures aimed at evolutionary success.” “Evolutionary” is long-rage and to me, beyond any useful “planning” horizon. Top leaders engage in strategic thinking, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAQs About Strategy</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/10/12/faqs-about-strategy</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Strategic Planning? Strategic thinking and planning means looking into the &#8216;white spaces&#8217; to find needs and wants in society not now being addressed. In contrast, making plans with action steps based on known trends is tactical and yet essential to success &#8212; to getting through the near-term and creating the ability to, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ignore Director Diversity on This One Criteria?</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/09/23/ignore-director-diversity-on-this-one-criteria</link>
		<comments>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/09/23/ignore-director-diversity-on-this-one-criteria#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board Governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When an organization is mature and has sufficient resources to hire a competent executive to take over operations, can the board be fully constituted with strategic-thinking, right-brain dominant directors? In theory, “Yes.” On a foundation of well-written governance policies and oversight practices, a board can more clearly separate its directorial duties from managerial activities. Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Dan: What Does a Board Have to Approve?</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/09/23/ask-dan-what-does-a-board-have-to-approve</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board Governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I receive questions all the time. This question gives me a chance to clarify what might not be clear in a fast-paced workshop. Since I think the two terms, accepted and approved may be too similar, I prefer neither when it comes to a board using material it does not need to act on. Whatever organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams Are Valid Parts of Strategic and Business Plans</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/08/19/dreams-are-valid-parts-of-strategic-and-business-plans</link>
		<comments>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/08/19/dreams-are-valid-parts-of-strategic-and-business-plans#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategic planning & visioning.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[George Bernard Shaw once said, “You see things and you say, Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say, Why Not?” Too many organizations today, nonprofit and for-profit, have stopped dreaming. It seems impractical to plan beyond a few months or a year&#8217;s financial projections. I guess it&#8217;s an efficiency thing: &#8220;Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Dangers on Consent Agendas</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/08/19/hidden-dangers-on-consent-agendas</link>
		<comments>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/08/19/hidden-dangers-on-consent-agendas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consent agendas save time because a board dispenses with &#8212; approves in one action &#8212; a host of routine items that do not need discussion or debate. Typically consent items include minutes of prior meetings, actions required by outside authorities, actions previously debadted now ready to be codified, and recommended actions from committees and professionals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defend Your Board Governance Policies Against Detail</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/01/25/defend-your-board-governance-policies-against-detail</link>
		<comments>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2011/01/25/defend-your-board-governance-policies-against-detail#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congress, State Legislatures and regulatory agencies are beginning to make fiduciary duties more specific. For example, I am receiving questions related to the new rule from NCUA, 701.4 (b) (3). What has for Centuries been common law is now becoming de jure, not only for credit unions but all nonprofits. Trying to make governance policies address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consent Agenda: Save Valuable Board Meeting Time</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2010/12/12/consent-agenda-save-valuable-board-meeting-time</link>
		<comments>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2010/12/12/consent-agenda-save-valuable-board-meeting-time#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A consent agenda is a simple tool that can save valuable board meeting time. Add up the hourly value of all the directors and managers attending your typical meetings. The total “cost” may impress you or distress you. A consent agenda is a list of items that rarely if ever require discussion or debate before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Mission Statement: Big Job for Such A Little Thing</title>
		<link>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2010/12/10/your-mission-statement-big-job-for-such-a-little-thing</link>
		<comments>http://boardgovernance.storeblogs.com/2010/12/10/your-mission-statement-big-job-for-such-a-little-thing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board Governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategic planning & visioning.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At my CU when I was there, the mission statement was, “To improve the financial positions and  capabilities of our members” My Criteria for a mission statement are: It answers the question, “Why are we here?” It is the &#8220;raison d&#8217;etre.&#8221; It is a simple single sentence. All volunteers and staff are able to remember it; [...]]]></description>
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