Author Archives: Dr. Larry Perkins

213. Church Boards, Chairpersons and Board Committees

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

A reality in every church board’s operational life is the existence of board committees. Love them or hate them, church boards cannot entirely dispense with them. When used well, they help a board leverage its time and energy exponentially; if … (read the rest)

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212. Overcoming Church Board Development Inertia

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Church board chairs normally have motivation to help their boards improve their ability to serve their respective congregations. People generally dislike mediocrity or operational dysfunction — it is discouraging and frustrating. But people will be quite comfortable with the status … (read the rest)

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211. Trust, Church Board Chairs and Transparency.

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In a well-known article published ten years ago Leon Panetta (Board Leadership, Winter 2003, 17ff) argued that in the case of boards with reference to trust and transparency “it’s not just what you do, it’s the way that you do … (read the rest)

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210. The Incremental Work of Church Board Development

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Thousands of church boards meet monthly across North America and thousands of church board chairs work valiantly to help these boards provide good governance within their congregations. Yet we all realize the distance between an ideal church board and our … (read the rest)

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209. Who is Responsible for the Ethical/Spiritual “Tone at the Top” in Congregational Organizations?

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In December 2013 Gar Emerson, the publisher of GovernanceCanada, published an article entitled “Ethical Leadership and Corrupt Practices” (http://www.governancecanada.com/wp-content/uploads/DM_TOR-6992867-v1-Ethical_Leadership_and_Corruption.pdf). On pages 8-10 he comments upon the “Leadership Role of the Chairman of the Board” and states unequivically that “the ‘tone … (read the rest)

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