CEO Update, April 15, 2022 (subscription required)
Boards do their best work at 30,000 feet—but volunteer leaders often need help staying out of the operational weeds. This article spotlights how consultants and facilitators make that shift stick, including Vista Cova CEO Lowell Aplebaum, who helped the Council on Undergraduate Research rethink board roles so members act as committee advisers (without attending every meeting) and keep their focus 13+ months ahead. His core point: volunteers have less time, but care no less—so their work must be meaningful, measurable, and worth repeating.
Read the full article to see how strategic governance is built—and sustained.