Insights

What if your board was offered something that would help build trust, empower the chair, create an open culture, optimize the use of time, and invite inclusion?  Of course, you would say...

The cornerstone in designing and achieving a high-performing board is a great chair.

A board chair elevates and inspires the entire board and management team.  They set the tone for...

Virtually every board we have worked with has a skills matrix. It is a recognized best practice to assess what skills we would like on our board.

Is this tool serving us well? More appropriately,...

by Mary Cameron and Darren Rawson

Do boards add value to an enterprise? Or are they a necessary cost of doing business? While every corporation has a legal board of directors, in practice most...

By Darren Rawson

Diversity and inclusion is a major theme in business today.  Increasingly more boards are looking for ways to increase diversity of thought, primarily through director...

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by Gerard McInnis, CA.CPA, CBV, ASA, CFE, ICD.D (Principal, Ozone Advisory Group)

Introduction

As you look around your Boardroom table you are likely seeing other board...

by Ted Kouri (Incite Strategy) and Darren Rawson (Ozone Advisory)

One significant challenge facing private enterprises revolves around strategy. While most leaders feel strategy is critical to...

By Darren Rawson and Mary Cameron

Most economists agree that Private Enterprises or Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) are a critical engine of the economy.  Some of the traits that...

By Darren Rawson and Mary Cameron

So you have decided that your company would benefit from a board of directors. Where do you start? What do you do? How long will it take? Here are four major steps...