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What is Coherent Governance?
Coherent Governance® is a model of board governance that, if faithfully followed, will compel boards to make policy decisions, not operational decisions.
Coherent Governance® Support and Sharing
Make the decision to be an active part of this Coherent Governance® community of amazing board members and staff dedicated to excellent execution of their work.
You asked – we will deliver! Beginning in January we are going to host hour-long virtual seminars on CG governance issues, led by districts that are pioneering good work. They will share samples, timelines, and videos for you to use.
If the sessions are a success (you attend!), we will expand through the year. But for now, plan on joining us the 4th Monday of each month – 12 noon central time – did we say free?! Led by:
January 25 (watch video)
Board Leadership During COVID: Internal and Community
Dr. Steve Schroeder, president, Sun Prairie SD in WI
February 22 (view presentation)
Equity: Policies and Practice
Dr. Wendy Birhanzel, Superintendent of Harrison 2 SD in CO
March 22 (watch video / view presentation)
Linkages: Hold On for the Ride!
Kristin Smith, president, Durango 9R SD in CO
Agenda framework for one-hour seminars
- Intro of topic by AGI (10m)
- District presentation/examples (20m)
- Highly interactive Q&A (20m)
- Summarize learning (10m)
Register now to receive access to this free monthly seminar.
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Key Communicators: Strategic Community Engagement
Engaging with their public in a meaningful way has proved to be one of the most daunting challenges for many of the boards we have worked with over the years. We have struggled to understand why that is. It almost defies logic to think that a public board whose members were elected by the public […]
Intentional Engagement: What Board Members Must Know and Be Able to Do
We have found that Board efforts to communicate within the community is bedeviled by angst, fear, and often a lack of skills. Outreach sometimes is dominated by one member and his/her message. Other boards delegate board communications to the administration and fail to activate the board’s unique engagement role.The result? Failure to build public understanding […]