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Helping
to improve the effectiveness of governing boards
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Clarifying
the role of governing boards, strengthening their
organization design, improving the functioning
of board committees, improving relationships between
governing boards and chief executive officers
and clarifying relationships between governing
boards and affiliates
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Assisting
in sharpening communications within governing
boards, between governing boards and chief executive
officers, between governing boards and affiliates
and with external constituencies and stakeholders
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Helping
to delineate medium- and shorter-term board goals
and objectives
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Evaluating
the performance of the chief executive officer
and key executive staff
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Evaluating
the performance of governing boards
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Assisting
in the development of specific governance goals
and objectives for inclusion in institutional
strategic plans
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Assisting
boards think through, explore, negotiate and complete
mergers and such other forms of institutional
relationships as affiliations, alliances and partnerships
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Counseling
and mentoring board chairs on a variety of topics,
including their roles, their expectations of board
performance, improving board performance, clarifying
their relationships with and expectations of chief
executive officers, adding new board members and
managing challenging board members effectively.
In addition, the senior members of the firm have
held leadership positions on major nonprofit boards
and have dealt directly with complex governance
issues.
