Board Effectiveness Begins with Director Selection

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (172) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Steve Mader ◽  
Shawn Oglesbee
Keyword(s):  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Director Selection

scholarly journals Snake mortality and cover board effectiveness along exclusion fencing in British Columbia, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana M. Eye ◽  
Jared R. Maida ◽  
Owain M. McKibbin ◽  
Karl W. Larsen ◽  
Christine A. Bishop
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Great Basin ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Encounter Rates ◽  
Snake Species ◽  
Coluber Constrictor ◽  
Northern Pacific

We report on snake mortalities along exclusion fencing in southern British Columbia, showing Western Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor mormon) deaths were disproportionately higher than our encounter rates with the species within the snake community. This suggests racers were susceptible to fence mortality more so than Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus o. oreganus) or Great Basin Gophersnakes (Pituouphis catenifer deserticola). Datalogger recordings revealed temperatures under cover boards were well above the tolerable temperatures of the three snake species, although the boards appeared to temper ambient heat more efficiently than natural vegetation. We caution that the effects of fencing and cover boards may vary across ecosystems and snake species.

scholarly journals CEO Monitoring and Board Effectiveness: Resolving the CEO Compensation Issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Chiraz Ben Ali ◽  
Frédéric Teulon
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Ceo Compensation ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Board Governance ◽  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Compensation Committee ◽  
Ceo Pay ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the impact of board governance mechanisms on the pay of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) using a sample of major French listed companies for the 2009–2011 period. The results show that CEO pay is negatively associated with the presence of a family CEO and positively associated with board size, busy directors, board meetings, and compensation committee independence. We provide further evidence that CEO compensation increases with firm size, and both present and past performance. Our study casts doubt on the effectiveness of formal board attributes in constraining CEO compensation.

Board Capital and Board Effectiveness: An Examination of Florida Community Foundations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Executive Directors ◽  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Community Foundations ◽  
Board Capital ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Community Foundation

Community foundations have considerable potential for positive social change in the communities they serve yet are understudied in nonprofit management literature. This exploratory study considers board capital of community foundations and the impact this has on board effectiveness. Based on survey data from 71 community foundation board members and executive directors representing 13 community foundations, the study uses regression to test hypotheses. The study finds that board capital, measured by human capital, structural capital, and social capital, plays a factor in board effectiveness. Further, community foundation boards in the survey population are highly effective and have unique attributes that make them distinct from other types of boards. Findings have potential for significant insight on an important segment of nonprofit sector organizations.

Effective local government council leadership: reassessing the facilitative model of leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Facilitative Leadership ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
Cooperative Relationships ◽  
Clarity Of Responsibility ◽  
Cooperative Relationship

PurposeThis paper utilizes Svara's facilitative leadership model to examine local government council/board effectiveness in Michigan, United States.Design/methodology/approachThis study performs a binary logistic regression to assess the influence of four independent variables–consensus building, cooperative relationship, clarity of responsibility and existence of factions/partisanship on five measures of council/board effectiveness (long-term goal setting, administrative, financial, addressing citizen expectations and overall performance), while controlling for other variables.FindingsOverall, the findings of this study have serious theoretical and practical implications. Specifically, the findings revealed that cooperative relationships, clarity of responsibility, discussion of public issues and partnership influence council/board effectiveness. The findings further support Svara's (2003) model on facilitative leadership and the model's usefulness in understanding local government leadership, i.e. council/board leadership effectiveness.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, survey data contains desirability bias which can affect the results presented in this study. Second, the data does not include socio-demographic variables of the respondents.Originality/valueThe study is original because it utilizes a data set that is not commonly used in understanding local government council/board effectiveness. Furthermore, the study also shows the usefulness of Svara's facilitative leadership in local government.

Reinventing Board Effectiveness: From Best Practice to Best Fit

2013 ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Lutgart Van den Berghe ◽  
Abigail Levrau
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Best Fit
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