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Board
Development
Boards often choose to hold
a retreat to invigorate
board member commitment,
articulate strategy, integrate
new board members, and align
disparate views.
 Invigorate
board member commitment
Board
members by definition are
outside of the day-to-day
business, yet integrating
them into the highlights
of operations and business
opportunities is essential.
Board member commitment
can be optimized with more
focus on long range view,
with constructive dialogue,
and with engagement in joint
projects.
The
board retreat is designed
to break stereotypes which
long service members may
have of each other, and
welcome challenging new
perspectives. Commitment
is renewed when professional
characteristics and qualities
(not just expertise) are
valued and integrated into
a rigorously challenging
yet collegial group.
Articulate strategy and
align disparate views
To
continually respond to the
changing business climate,
a board may weigh high level
strategic objectives against
unexpected specific opportunities.
Testing priorities with
new market, alliance or
funding opportunities provides
a chance to confirm or reevaluate
previous intent. It’s an
opportunity to assess whether
disparate views are divisive
or constructive. This board
retreat is designed to respect
and explore challenges to
the status quo and align
the board.
A retreat
may also be used to choose
from among a number of creative
initiatives, when the organization
would benefit from focus.
Integrate new board members
New
board members are generally
seeking a balance between
background data and building
productive relationships.
Board
retreats focus on exchanging
key information and connections,
while providing relationship
building opportunities to
yield more effective decision
making processes.
Transformation
Management LLC’s facilitators
include experienced business
leaders and organizational
development experts. Our
approach is to ensure that
the retreat has a clear
focus with well defined
deliverables. Our methodology
includes:
- Creating
new business prospects
- Building
a consensus around values
- Identifying
behaviors that are reinforcing
or sabotaging your culture
- Building
trust
- Clarifying
accountability
- Identifying
the unspoken “elephant
in the room.”
- Restructuring
- Deciding
whether to eliminate
a client that is no
longer a fit
- Developing
strategic options
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