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Committees, committees, committees. We can't think enough about whether we have the right committees doing the right work. Don't we all say that the real work of the board gets done in committees? But is it the right work?
In the summer issue of NAIS Independent School Magazine, there is an article "Boardroom: Reassessing Committees to be more Substantive and Strategic." The author, Karla Taylor, says..
"The best committees are, like the best boards, future-oriented. Ideally, committees are not just a school’s workforce. When deployed effectively, they can also be what governance consultant Glenn Tecker calls a thoughtforce—offering informed advice and proposing substantive ideas and initiative.
Committees should be doing deep-dives into what the board needs to know to correctly handle its high-level oversight and strategic functions. Then committee members can present well-researched, well-thought-out recommendations to the full board for discussion and decision-making. It saves time and yields more valuable results. "
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