Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In our first post about organizational governance, we concluded that there were three primary focal areas of governance: Identification of goals - aka purpose and vision Pursuit of those goals - aka strategy Social structure - how the...

Or at least put it on a diet? Considerations on Managing the capital invested in your business Photo by Alizee Marchand on Pexels.com A long-time board member for a family business I know regularly remarks that the family should "not starve the goose that lays the...

Photo by Paul Seling on Pexels.com Since joining student government in 9th grade, I have seemingly been doing governance work for my entire adult life.  Over the course of time, I have been fortunate to serve in a governance role for a wide variety of...

In the spring of 2001, as a high school senior, we went on a class trip to Italy.  It was an amazing trip where we were able to see a large portion of the country - more of a jet ski approach vs. scuba diving - though definitely age appropriate. Like any group of...