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13.  Engaging Constituencies

Terrie Temkin is interviewed by Pat Wyzbinski on the subject of the board's role in engaging constituencies for BoardStar, a weekly podcast out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Terrie talks about the responsibility of board members to actively solicit stakeholder perspectives. She provides listeners with a number of formal and informal techniques for gathering valuable information from the community and then bringing it back to the rest of the board to enhance decision-making.

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12.  How Boards Buy Into The Scarcity Paradigm.  What You Can Do About It

Though long, this interview by CoreStrategies principal Terrie Temkin of Steve Bowman, CEO of Conscious Governance in Australia, is well worth your time.  You may just hear thoughts that turn your entire view of nonprofits on its ear – to the benefit of your organization.  Learn the lies of scarcity and the opportunities presented by holding a view of prosperity.

Listen now (12:30)

11.  Removing A Director

There comes a time when long-time directors must be eased off the board.  It’s rarely easy, but usually necessary and often over-due.  In this interview, Steve Bowman, one of Australia’s preeminent governance experts questions our own Terrie Temkin about when it is best to initiate such efforts and how it might best be done with the least number of hard feelings.

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10.  Issues Related To Term Limits Of Board Members

Terrie Temkin and Steve Bowman engage in a lively discussion about term limits.  The benefits and drawbacks of term limits are enumerated as well as how such limits are used in both the U.S. and Australia.

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9.  Strategic Engagement: Personal Goal Setting For Directors

The importance of having each board member set personal goals to which he or she will be held accountable is the subject of this podcast featuring Terrie Temkin.  Host Steve Bowman elicits many of the advantages of requiring this along with goal setting for the board as a whole. 

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8.  Strategic Engagement – Exploring Options

Interviewed by Aussie Steve Bowman of Conscious Governance when she recently worked “Down Under,” Terrie Temkin talks about the value of boards looking at multiple options before latching on to one.  She provides a number of techniques for generating such options and then evaluating them in order to reach the best decision for the organization.

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7.  Risk As A Strategic Advantage

Most of us fear risk.  In an interview with Terrie Temkin, Steve Bowman shares that risk is full of hidden opportunities and can actually lead to strategic advantage.  Bowman, a governance consultant living in Australia but working around the world, shares tips for maximizing this different perspective.

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6.  The Need To Independently Verify What We Are Being Told

The difference between blind faith and trust is clarified by Australian governance advisor Steve Bowman.  In response to questions by Terrie Temkin, he goes on to discuss the need of boards to verify the information they are fed by organizational staff and the risks of not doing so. 

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5.  Fixed Points Of View and Board Decision Making

Conscious Governance CEO Steve Bowman speaks to CoreStrategies’ own Terrie Temkin about the dangers of fixed points of view and how one can tell if one has a fixed point of view.

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4.  What Board Members Really Need To Gather From Financial Statements

Hear governance specialist Steve Bowman answer Terrie Temkin’s questions about key ratios that board members must focus on when looking at financial statements.  Steve, former national executive director of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, CEO of the Finance and Treasury Association and assistant director of the Australian Society of CPAs, has a lot of good advice to share.  Paramount: focus on relationships and meaning more than numbers.

Listen now (9:58)

3.  Structuring Board Reports So That They Are More Strategic

Hear Terrie Temkin interview her Australian counterpart, Steve Bowman, on the subject of structuring board reports so that they focus on strategic issues rather than on a listing of what keeps everyone busy.  In this brief but pithy interview Steve discusses getting away from narrative reports of who did what when and focusing instead on such things as meeting success criteria, detailing strategic options and specifying questions to consider when making reports.

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2.  Strategic Engagement: Assisting Boards To Have Substantive Discussions

Australian governance expert Steve Bowman interviews Terrie Temkin about how we can engage board members in strategic, substantive discussions, keep these discussions on track and create a culture of critical thinking.

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1.  The Role of Vision in STrategic Thinking Discussions

Decision making must take the organizational vision into account.  In this podcast, Steve Bowman of Conscious Governance in Australia interviews CoreStrategies’ Terrie Temkin about why.  Terrie also talks about what vision is and isn’t, its importance to organizational success and how it can be used for better decision making.

Listen now (10:00)