Category: Board Business

An Escape Room for the Board Room

Escape rooms have become a very popular entertainment option in the last decade, where participants play an escape game to collectively discover clues, solve puzzles and ultimately achieve the goal of escaping the room.  By the end of 2017, there were over 8000 venues worldwide. Our consulting team at the Myers-Briggs Company saw this trend… Continue reading An Escape Room for the Board Room

To “B” or not to “B”: Becoming a B Corporation

The Myers-Briggs Company is now a B Cirporation, but few people understand what that means. This provides an explanation of B Corps and the certification process required. It also explains the reasons why companies, their employees, investors, customers and the planet areseeing the value of certified B Corporations

A New Gig given the #ImmigrantBan

I had plans to write a totally different post today about the Gig Economy related to some work I had done for my new book, Thriving in the Gig Economy.  But the political events of the past weekend changed my thinking. I had a Board Meeting on Saturday for ReSurge International http://www.resurge.org/home/home.cfm, where I am… Continue reading A New Gig given the #ImmigrantBan

ReSurge – Transforming lives through Reconstructive Surgery and Training

Here s a great video of our ReSurge Gala last month.  It was a tremendous success and honor to be in a room filled with so many people passionate about our mission to transform the lives of the poor around the world by not just providing reconstructive surgical care, but more importantly, training the next generation… Continue reading ReSurge – Transforming lives through Reconstructive Surgery and Training

The Value of Non-Profit Board Service

As the Chair of ReSurge International I attended a great event this week called Board Match put on by The Volunteer Center. http://thevolunteercenter.net/?The_Board_Match_NPO The event brings together not for profit organizations looking to add board members and individuals interested in joining a board.  There was one moment in the evening where I surveyed the scene, looking out… Continue reading The Value of Non-Profit Board Service

Imagine what the #Xfiles and #Resurge International have in common

Perhaps it was not so surprising to have an “out of body” experience when watching the premiere of the new X Files mini-series.  At one point, Dr. Dana Scully is reviewing  patient photos for an upcoming procedure on a child with microtia, a condition where the external ear does not form.  Given the subject matter… Continue reading Imagine what the #Xfiles and #Resurge International have in common

An Exercise in Goal Setting for 2016

I facilitated a peer group meeting today of CEOs  where the topic was personal goals for 2016. Given that they were all running companies, most of the goals focused on  achieving revenue, profit, share price  or fundraising targets for their companies.  There were a number of objectives that involved load balancing the management team, i.e., making sure that the… Continue reading An Exercise in Goal Setting for 2016

A Reminder of the Primacy of Succession Planning

Valeant Pharmaceuticals appointed an interim CEO today following the hospitalization of the CEO, Michael Pearson, who is suffering from sever pneumonia.  Although a temporary leadership structure had been put in pace at the onset of his illness, as it worsened the Board moved quickly to name an official interim manager.  A current Board Member and prior CFO,… Continue reading A Reminder of the Primacy of Succession Planning