To be an effective governing Board, there must be a clear definition of strategy, defined expectations of their leadership role, resources, and finances. But sometimes boards find themselves doing 'work' rather than offering strategic direction. Explore how to guide your Board's focus from operations to oversight of finance and administration or from doing program work to overseeing the program of work. Walk away with techniques to shift your Board's contributions from working to governing.

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1) Identify if my board favors
planning or preparation &
what is necessary for
strategy.
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2) Define integrated
reasoning, how it relates to
strategy and discuss how
my board needs to apply it
regularly for organizational
success.
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3) Explore, discuss and
practice three critical steps
to enhance strategic
thinking.
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Bonus: Discover questions
to use to keep board
members on track with
strategic thinking and out of
tactics or implementation.
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16. Which of these LOs
important to you?
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Your Turn

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1. Identify if my board favors planning or
preparation & what is necessary for
strategy.
2. Define integrated reasoning, and
discuss how my board needs to apply it
regularly for organizational success.
3. Explore, discuss and practice three
critical steps to enhance strategic
thinking.

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Why Leaders Can’t Lead

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Your Turn:
Synthesize
this quote!

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