Board Meeting 15: October 28, 2008

 Agenda

October 28th, 2008

about 90 minutes
Indiana Toronto and Ottawa - Jerry, Don, Ken - 4 pm
Buenos Aires - Harald - 6 pm
London - Jack, Judy - 8 pm
Melbourne - Barry - 7 am next day Oct 29th
George sends regrets.

Prepare for Meeting:

Review attached materials

Proposed Agenda - Don to Chair:

Brief check-in
Review the agenda
President's Report:
Treasurers Financial Report -
Discussion / Policy items
  • Conference - title, marketing, and risk in a year of continuing world financial turbulence and slowdown.
  • Financial situation:  Budget revision - Business model - finances - training session.
  • Strategy - Claiming Organization Design - and linking.
  • Proposed Stage II web site improvements
  • Proposed collaboration with Deloitte
  • Publications insurance? - given fee has doubled to $2500 / yr.
  • Succession - now that infrastructure is generally in place, how to delegate and spread the work?  How are we doing as a board - process?
Set next teleconference date - January?
Adjourn
PS. Board Meeting in Buenos Aires - The GO Board meeting would be on October 24th at the Technical Institute of Buenos Aires.  Legacy Day would be on October 25th at the same location.   Register for the conference at your earliest convenience on the new web site.

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