Paradigm flaw: Operational oversight detracts from issues on which directors can add value

Boards should focus on maximizing long-term strategies

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This article orginally appeared in the National Post.

Most thoughtful participants in today's evolving corporate governance process would agree that the rapid proliferation of regulatory requirements, zealous enforcement initiatives and the cottage industry that has grown up around them may well retard actual performance. Rather than address the emperor's clothes phenomenon, such heightened regulatory attention to corporate governance has driven many further away from substantive improvements

Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design