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GOVERNING FOR GREATNESS
2013 National Alliance Conference
DR. JAMES N. GOENNER | JULY 2, 2013
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RELATIONSHIPS
“People don’t care how much you know until they know
how much you care.”
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Goals for Session
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Define Governance & Greatness
Challenge Paradigms & Review Timeless Principles
Encourage the Heart
Answer Questions and Have Fun!
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ATTITUDE
“Your attitude and your potential go hand in hand.”
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“To ensure, usually on behalf of others, that an organization achieves what it should
achieve while avoiding those behaviors and situations that should be avoided.”
Dr. John CarverBoards that Make a Difference
Purpose of Governance
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“There is one thing all boards have in common, regardless of their legal position
… they do not function.”
Peter Drucker
Framing the Problem
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“Trustees are often little more than high-powered, well-intentioned people engaged
in low-level activities.”
Chait, Holland and Taylor
Framing the Problem
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Three Key Board Challenges
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Dysfunctional Group Dynamics
Disengaged Board Members
Uncertainty About Roles and Responsibilities
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Problem Boards or Board Problem? The Nonprofit Quarterly, Summer 2003
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Typical Prescription for Fixing Boards
=Information & Training
Will more information & training cure your board
problems?
Question
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Shifting the Paradigm
“The call and need of a new era is for greatness. It’s for fulfillment, passionate execution and significant
contribution.”
Dr. Stephen CoveyThe 8th Habit
Answer
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The Ideal Board
• Knows who it works for• Requires the organization to
be effective & efficient• Uses its power to empower,
not strangle• Is unafraid to judge, but
does so fairly
• Holds delegatees accountable• Disciplined in its role and
behaviors and those of its individual members
• The highest authority in the organization
• Predictable & trustworthy
Dr. John & Miriam Carver
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Superior Performance
Distinctive Impact
Lasting Endurance
What is Greatness?
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Collins: A Framework for Greatness
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OUTPUT RESULTSSTAGE 1: DISCIPLINED PEOPLE
INPUT PRINCIPLES
Level 5 LeadershipFirst Who, Then What
STAGE 2: DISCIPLINED THOUGHTConfront the Brutal FactsThe Hedgehog Concept
STAGE 3: DISCIPLINED ACTIONCulture of DisciplineThe Flywheel
STAGE 4: BUILDING GREATNESS TO LAST
Culture of DisciplineThe Flywheel
DELIVERS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCERELATIVE TO ITS MISSION
MAKES A DISTINCTIVE IMPACTON THE COMMUNITIES IT TOUCHES
ACHIEVES LASTING ENDURANCEBEYOND ANY LEADER, IDEA OR SETBACK
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Collins: The Hedgehog Principle
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Level 5 Leadership Pyramid
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Honest
The Most Consistently Admired Characteristics of Leaders
Forward-Looking
Competent
Inspiring
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Covey’s 7 Habits & the 8th Habit
1. Be proactive2. Begin with the end in mind3. Put first things first4. Think win/win5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood6. Synergize7. Sharpen the saw8. Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs
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The Leadership Challenge5 Practices of Exemplary Leaders
Model the Way
Inspire a Shared Vision
Challenge the Process
Enable Others to Act
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Encourage the Heart5
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The Flywheel
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Achieving Breakthrough
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Governing Wisely
“Wisdom is the beneficial use of knowledge; wisdom is information and knowledge impregnated
with higher purposes and principles.”
Dr. Stephen CoveyThe 8th Habit
Answer
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Wise Questions
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HOW WELL ARE WE …
Preparing Our Students for College, Work and Life
Leveraging Our Resources
Fulfilling Our Commitments
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“““We believe boards that govern for greatness ask wise questions and measure
things that really matter.”
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WHAT REALLY MATTERS?
Ensuring all students are prepared for success in
college, work and life.
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ACT:A Respected Standard for Measuring College Readiness
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Backwards Mapping From The Act:Beginning With The End In Mind
Grade 12
Kindergarten
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization
Lencioni’s Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization
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Let’s FLY Together
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