by Rachel Brookhart | Feb 23, 2015 | Board Governance
Originally publishedon www.cnmsocal.org. I recently went to the Zimmer Children’s Museum to visit Belinda Vong, Associate Director of Play and Learning. While I was there, I saw lots of cool things for kids to do, but I also took away a few management lessons. You...
by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 27, 2014 | Board Governance
You’ve worked hard to recruit your board members. You sought out people with experience, with networks, with expertise. With brains! So why waste all that talent with board (bored!) meetings that don’t accomplish anything? Don’t let your board become rubber stamping...
by Rachel Brookhart | Sep 5, 2014 | Board Governance
A classmate of mine was presenting on the different types of agendas the other day and she mentioned one called the Thoughtful Agenda which is “designed with the end in mind.” Oh my God. That’s a thing? That shouldn’t be a thing. All agendas should be thoughtful and...
by Rachel Brookhart | Sep 4, 2014 | Administration, Board Governance
Originally posted on www.cnmsocal.org. It’s no secret at CNM that I hate meetings. So, when I came across this Harvard Business Review article about making meetings more productive, I read it with abandon and then immediately forwarded it to everyone in the office. At...