Services - Governance/Leadership Team Development

Board governance is a critical leadership role. The changes affecting organizational governance in the past decade have added a new level of scrutiny and accountability. While board member’s reactions have varied, the issues remain. StrategicSolutionsGroup brings a sensibility to translating these responsibilities into workable realities.

Several key areas for high impact include:

• Roles and responsibilities

  • Helping boards understand their distinct governance responsibilities

• Committee structure

  • Establishing those committees critical to support the board and the organization

  • Reducing redundancies and improving effectiveness

  • Distinguishing between committees and task forces

  • Creating advisory and/or emeritus functions

• Board Development

  • Supporting boards in the critical process of cultivation, selection and orientation

  • Creating succession planning processes for sustainability and continuity

  • Developing performance tracking/monitoring tools

  • Developing customized board self/group assessment tools

• Strategy development

  • Collaborating with the board and staff to develop a strategic framework

  • Working with boards to develop their annual work plan aligned with the organization's

  • Developing dashboard measures/metrics to track strategic progress

StrategicSolutionsGroup also facilitates strategic board retreats and provides coaching for high performing board members.

Leadership teams set the tone and direction, and create the climate for the realization of possibilities and opportunities. Prudent leaders often come to StrategicSolutionsGroup for:

• Change Management – Proactively addressing the inherent resistance to change, positioning necessary changes, engaging critical opinion leaders and linking behaviors with performance for cultural sustainability

• Strategy Revision/Relevance – Testing underlying tenants and drivers, key priorities and milestones, and implementation effectiveness

• Team Effectiveness – Overcoming barriers and maximizing communication, interpersonal, problem solving, decision making and strategic integration skills

• Leadership Coaching – Developing personal effectiveness

• Advice and Counsel – Offering strategic guidance and options, expanding thinking and serving as a sounding board for CEOs and Boards of Directors

• Meeting/Retreat Facilitation – Understanding important issues and helping focus deeply on the problems and solutions, leading strategic work, guiding/moderating customer roundtables, processing difficult situations