Usually not, just a crappy month- my apologies. Thank you for the kind words even though mine were not.
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- My 2 Big questions, would've been better</font>
- 1. Does the board (and business) work for the CEO, or does the CEO work for the board and members/stakeholders/shareholders?</font>
- 2. Board members or CEO shouldn’t micromanage. ie the rule of 35,000-foot view of the business</font>
goes with 1.
the CEO usually determines what questions will come to the board, what will be presented at meetings, what will be in the information packages that are sent out before board meetings, and which members of management will have contact with the board et al.
Question:
But shouldnt it be the Boards and members decision also (on programs, fundraising, etc) or should the board only be in charge of it, too??
goes with 2
On an airplane at 35,000 feet, we can look down and see roads, cars, fields, rivers, trees, and other large things, but the only reason we recognize them from the air is that we’ve seen them on the ground. From 35,000 feet, we can see things, but we can’t know what’s happening with them. From the board table, a 35,000-foot perspective says, “We have a plant in Kansas City,†but the director really has no clue about the advisability of sinking an extra $30 million into a plant expansion.
If we dont have a ground-level perspective of the business' needs, members' wants, or program ideas- ie their input (why have members??); then we cant apply the 35,000-foot vision. (or decrease maintenance costs, time spent in reception, how PBX works, etc)
Yes the board can decide on fundraisers, etc... I guess the NEVER brought out the jerk in me...
Why have members (especially paying members) if you dont include them or ask what programs and fundraisers they want in the process??
Instead of a mission statement like this
To identify curriculum and programs deemed by the
membership* in its sole discretion to be vital to affect the richest educational experience possible for our children; to maximize the role of the school itself in fulfilling these objectives; and to plan, organize and execute events and programs which generate the resources and mechanisms necessary to fulfill these objectives.
the words in bold would be omitted???
[ 12-21-2006, 03:00 AM: Message edited by: Shawn ]