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Building Powerful Boards
2019 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING
MARLA J. WESTON, PHD
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An association is defined as a group of people banded together for a specific purpose.
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People Purpose
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League of Women Voters
Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
We envision a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. We believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy.
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People Purpose
Board
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Key’s to Powerful Board
1. Focus on organizational governance and stewardship
2. Competent individual board members competent/high performing board
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Operational Governance
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Generative
Governance as
Leadership
Chait, R.P., Ryan, W.P., Taylor, B.E. 2005. Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards. Board Source.
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Modes of Governance
I. Fiduciary: Act as stewards of tangible assets; deploy resources wisely; ensure legal and financial integrity
II. Strategic: Scan internal and external environments; strategic thinking; design and modify strategic plans
III. Generative: Frame and confront challenges rooted in values, traditions, and beliefs; engage in sense-making, meaning-making, and problem framing
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13Fiduciary Strategic GenerativeBoard Focus Define problem(s) Solve problem(s) Frame problem(s)Board Process Parliamentary
procedureLogical and empirical discussion
More informal and creative
Problems are to be…
Spotted Solved Framed
Decision Making Resolution Reaching consensus Framing the question
Board sees their role as….
Oversight/ authority
Strategist Fresh perspective
Key Question What’s wrong? What’s the plan? What’s the question?
Performance Metrics
Facts, figures, finances, reports
Strategic indicators, competitive analysis
Signs of learning and discerning
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mission = promote literacy and a thirst for knowledge in all community members
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The Governance Triangle
Generative
Governance as
Leadership
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Generative Governing
Frame the key issues Identify the right questions Generate options
“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than 5 minutes.”
-Albert Einstein
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Asking Powerful Questions
Yes/noWhich
WhoWhenWhere
WhyHow What
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Generative Questions
Is this a preference, tradition or requirement for success?
How do we use our power effectively? How do we [xxx] in a way that advances our
mission/goals? What are we good at? How do we leverage
what we are good at? Do we have the problem right? Are we asking
the right questions?
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Board Agenda
o Big stuff firsto Minivisioning sessions
with provocative questions
o Background briefing papers
o Silent starts / one minute essays
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People Purpose
Board
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Sonnenfeld’s Markersof Great BoardsClimate of trust and candorWillingness to share informationCulture that invites multiple perspectivesCommitment to assessment of collective
board as well as individual board members
Source: “What Makes Great Boards Great”, by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Harvard Business Review, Sept. 2002
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Tuckman’s Team Development Model
Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
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Forming
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Excited Confusion
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FormingOrientProvide structure and directionGet to know each otherSet ground rules
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Storming
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“Reasonable people, making decisions under conditions of uncertainty, are likely to have honest disagreements over the best path.”
(Eisenhart, KM, Kahwaju, JL, & Bourgeoise LJ, 1997, How Management Teams Have a Good Fight, HBR.
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Storming Allow differences / expect to be challenged Engage all voices – How do you see it? Fiduciary/strategic/generative? Keep focused on the common purpose
(mission, roadmap) Multiply alternatives using positive framing
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Positive Framing
How might we handle this better?
What would it look like if it were ideal?
Where is it working? How can we get both
(yes/and)?
What you don’t want or want to avoid
What you want more of/want to happen
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Storming Hold each other
accountable to the ground rules
KEEP THE CONVERSATION IN THE MEETING
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Norming/Performing
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Norming/Performing
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Lencioni
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Adjourning
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Norming/Performing/Adjourning
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Practice health, resilience and joy
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Association
People Purpose
Board
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Involve Others
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Volunteering = Giving one’s time and talent to drive mission
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Microvolunteering
Easy, quick, low-commitment activities –help from home
Convenient, bite-sized, crowdsourced, networked
Daily action that involves brief amount of time
Micro-small activities
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Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
Marjorie Moore
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