Focusing on the Board

Audit season is a mirror. Here’s how targeted GapSourcing keeps your data current all year — and finishes the audit faster without ceding control.
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Jeff Spear
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November 6, 2014

A colleague, Craig Mahler, shared this article earlier today. Having worked with a variety of boards over the past year and a half, I am pleased to see this level of attention paid to their role. My observation is that individual board members either accept everything that comes from the administration or are skeptical and don’t believe much of anything. Typically, neither position is based on being knowledgeable or truly engaged.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/11/06/trustees-told-they-need-step-their-game-or-risk-higher-educations-future

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Jeff Spear
Founder, Practice Leader Emeritus · CFO Colleague
Jeff founded CFO Colleague and led its higher-ed practice for years, advising cabinets and business offices across the country on financial strategy, audits, and sustainable operations.
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