NILA 2010 Update • 09.04.10
I am writing this brief note to provide an update on my comments at the NILA general session.
SHPE’s National Board of Directors (NBOD) and selected national committee chairs participated in the National Strategic Retreat three weekends ago. We participated in three days of training; however, I am particularly excited about the material covered on the third day.
With the assistance of a management trainer, we discussed how to make NBOD meetings more effective and move them to a strategic level as opposed to an operations level. We were instructed on how to make our meeting agendas follow a higher level model, used by other successful non profits, with a focus on strategic initiatives. We will carefully transition to this type of model, where the group will have dialogue first to address the issues and options and fully understand the impact of all options before moving into deliberation, where the actual decisions are made. Once a decision has been made, the implementation of that decision will flow to SHPE National’s senior staff. The object of the transition is to move the NBOD to a policy board and away from a “hands on” board.
My excitement is based on the promise of a more business-oriented board which will focus on initiatives and policies. The staff will be focused, and responsible for, execution of the policies decided upon by the board. I welcome your comments and questions as SHPE Inc operations continue to evolve toward a business centric model.
Manny Hernandez, President
SHPE Inc
