Friday, October 19, 2018

The Monthly “Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As” Book Tuning: Q&As to Assess the Boardroom Digital Readiness Oct. 2018

The directorship in any organization must have the ability to guide, inspire and motivate.

Modern corporate boards play significant roles in guiding businesses in the right direction and achieve expected business results. Due to the “VUCA” characteristics -Complexity, Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Velocity of the Digital Era, the directorship in any organization must have the agility to adapt to changes and build abilities to advise, inspire and motivate a group of people toward accomplishing shared visions and goals. Here are the multiple perspectives of digitizing boardroom.

               

A Set of Q&As to Assess the Boardroom Digital Readiness


The “Bellwether Board”: How to Set Tones for Catalyzing Digital TransformationThe modern corporate board as a top leadership team plays a significant role in overseeing the business strategy and advising the organization management. The directorship in any organization must have the ability to guide, inspire and motivate a group of people toward accomplishing shared visions and goal. So, do you have the bellwether board that can set the digital tones to influence the business “mindset” and lead changes as well as digital transformation effortlessly?

What Should the Board of Director’s Skills Matrix Include? The board of director plays a significant role in overseeing organizational strategy, setting policies, practicing governance and exemplifying leadership disciplines. The contemporary corporate boards need to focus on both performance and compliance, monitoring business performance and improving management effectiveness. Due to the “VUCA” digital new normal, the directorship in any organization must have the ability to inspire, guide, and motivate. What should the board of director’s skill matrix include to improve the directorship maturity individually or collectively?

What Do Positive Policies Look Like? Generally speaking, the policy is a set of principles for decision making or guidelines to drive behaviors. A policy is implemented via a protocol, process or practice, etc. When having positive policies, what do they look like, and how do they affect organizational performance and maturity?

What are the “Thinking Blocks” to Build a Mindful Digital Board? The corporate board as the top leadership team plays a significant role in business advising, leadership exemplarity, policy setting, and governance practices. BoDs as top decision makers require multidimensional thinking and bring different viewpoints to improve business effectiveness and maturity. So, what are the “thinking blocks” to build a mindful and insightful digital board?

How can BoDs Overcome Barriers to Get out of the “Comfort Zone”
With the increasing speed of changes and frequent digital disruptions across vertical sectors, the role of the corporate board also becomes more dynamic and strategic. No longer are boards sitting in a room and just voting on various policies for business compliance. They need to focus on their own performance as well as the performance of the management team. Dynamism means free and progress. It is the power of BoDs as dynamic leaders to drive changes. But what are some root causes of the board ineffectiveness, and how can they get out of the comfort zone and ride the change wave for steering the board in the right direction?

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