organization and governance guidelines for boards of directors

John — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:59:24 GMT

Laws require corporations, as legal entities owning property, entering contracts, and assuming debt, have a governing board of directors, accountable as a fiduciary to its shareholders, members, or the public. These governing boards organize and operate according to articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolutions, and policies, oversee corporate purpose and plans, select and supervise management, ensure sufficient resources for the organization, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. This linked page outlines and links many more pages covering governance and policy; roles and responsibilities; operations and systems; accountability and ethics; staffing, compensation, communications and the issues of running an organization. It also covers director training as a comprehensive overview and exemplar of how boards should work. The scope and volume of information make it suitable for a weekend workshop with additional homework in addition to a checklist and toolkit enroute to introducing best practices.

Tags: governance, fiduciary, director, board, policy, social enterprise, corporation, leadership, executive, officer, management

Consensus: a working principle

John — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:01:05 GMT

Consensus: a working principle

Sure, Larry Harvey espouses 10 principles for Burning Man. They appear in each summer issue of the Burning Man newsletter. Organizations adopting them, however, do not automatically work. They are not the true principles deep at work underlying functioning communities. Instead, i find other deeper ones. Here is an honest and earnest description of one of them.

Tags: consensus, civics, authority, hierarchy, leadership, annual report, community, burning man

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organization and governance guidelines for boards of directors

Consensus: a working principle