BOARD GOVERNANCE WORKSHOPS

Board Members come with different talents, knowledge and skills. This workshop helps the Board to identify their strengths, differences and opportunities to work successfully together to achieve the organization’s vision. Our work with Board Members begins with helping each team member understand the value differences of the members, the team strengths and blind spots. Organizational leaders find that an outside voice facilitating the conversation and clarifying roles can enable the Governing Board team to work successfully together to make significant strategic decisions and establish policies.

The Framework for School Board Development outlines the vision, structure, accountability, advocacy and unity needed to promote excellence in Board governance so that student academic achievement goals are attained. We work with the Board to develop their shared vision, Board goals and accountability process that measures how well the vision is being accomplished. Our session focuses on the thinking dimensions of each team member using the science of axiology. Each team member receives their personal “Thinking Report.” We review the report with each one. Then we review with the team the thinking diversities as well as the management demands that accompany the team thinking. We provide the team leader counsel on how to effectively communicate with and motivate each direct report using their personal “Team Directory.”