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Advisory Boards

Some of the considerations a Board should consider before creating an Advisory Board.

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Policy Governance

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Barry Diamond answers governance questions from the Non-Profit Management and Corporate Governance discussion groups on LinkedIn

1. Board of Trustees: What experience can you share about effective interactions in NGO’s between the Trustees and the Executive?

2. “We have a mission. They have a bottom line.” Is this attitude helpful?

3. Have you come across a creditable rating model for social enterprises, charities and NGOs as well as the effectiveness of their projects as measured against a blended set of criteria — social, economic, value-add, sustainability and long term impact?

4. Can managers effectively execute their responsibilities, and be held accountable if they have absolutely no authority?

5. Does your firm have a system of governance to control the behavior of managers?

6. Self-defeating regulatory targets: Is Goodhart invariably right?

7. What was the result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?

8. Is a humble for-profit social entrepreneur just as important to society as a grand charity donor, who provides finance to pet non-profit projects? Have you invested in any social enterprise? Which social entrepreneurs inspire you and why?

9. How do you get a seat on the board of a non profit (e.g. museum)?

10. Is ‘Business Ethics’ a tight rope walk for the current and future business leaders?

11. What are the biggest differences between working in a nonprofit organization verses a for-profit business?

12. There have been many laws created to prevent unethical behavior in business, therefore if an organization is not in trouble with the law, should they be concerned with ethics?

13. What are the Corporate Governance best practices approach a Start-up Global Life Science company Should look into? Especially when it’s a R&D intensive Company with some commercial products.

14. Board Leadership – is your Board of Directors an effective leadership instrument or a cozy gathering for tea and cakes?

15. CEO titles. What makes a Chief Executive Officer?

16. For the CEO the strategic plan has to be personal. Otherwise it will just sit on the shelf gathering dust. Agree or disagree?

17. Who is ultimately responsible for the performance of the board?