Getting to Great Dialogue
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Slide deck for 4/8/15 webinar by Gwen DuBois-Wing (gdubois-wing@tbaytel.net) and Debra Beck (debrabeck@boardlearning.org, http://www.boardlearning.org/, Twitter: @Npmaven)
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Getting to Great Dialogue
- 1. Getting to Great Dialogue Gwen DuBois-Wing, DuBois-Wing + Associates Debra Beck, Ed.D. International Policy Governance Association April 8, 2015
- 2. Why “Great Dialogue?” What does “great dialogue” look like? What is happening? What are its outcomes?
- 3. Connecting to Policy Governance • Ends policy development: • Helpful to produce meaningful, owner-informed ends • Stretch thinking about ends policies • Understanding special board-ownership relationship • Shaking up board process • Board engagement with owners
- 4. “Great Dialogue” Factors Your thoughts: Factors that enhance board dialogue
- 5. Dialogue Greatness Factors • Connections to core board work • Great questions • Access to diverse perspectives • Skillful facilitation by leadership
- 6. Strategies for Great Dialogue • Define governance- focused questions • From board goals • From strategic planning processes • From board policy • Invite, value diverse perspectives • Define what ‘diverse’ means to you
- 7. Great Dialogue Strategies • Transform meeting agendas • Space for discussion (consent agenda!) • Flip the agenda • Define, reinforce values, expectations • Respectful discourse • Constructive conflict • Pre-meeting prep
- 8. Great Dialogue Strategies • Prepare chair for facilitation • Inviting, managing wide-ranging conversation • Framing discussions • Ensuring all are heard
- 9. Great Dialogue Strategies • Expect, support board learning • Individual, group • Access to quality information, sources • Acknowledge messiness of open idea exchange
- 10. Creating Your Great Dialogues What one step can you take, with your board, to enhance the power of your discussions? With what impact?
- 11. The Human Element • More than magic formulas – questions, agendas, frameworks, etc. • Engaging the people at the table • Board/CEO collaboration • Productive engagement • Sustainable culture, processes, values • DNA of the organization • Dynamic balance • Culture of inquiry
- 12. Questions?
- 13. Contact Us • Gwen DuBois-Wing • DuBois-Wing + Associates • gdubois-wing@tbaytel.net • Debra Beck • www.boardlearning.org • Twitter: @Npmaven • debrabeck@boardlearning.org • http://bit.ly/BoardDynamics