Are your board meetings a waste of time or a strategic powerhouse? In this episode of Senior Living Visionaries, host Jennifer Drago dives into best practices for making board meetings more engaging, impactful, and strategic. Learn how to create cohesive agendas, leverage generative discussions, and optimize the use of digital tools to enhance board engagement. If you’re ready to transform your board meetings into a catalyst for organizational growth, this episode is for you!
Key Takeaways:
✅Flip the Agenda: Move strategic discussions to the beginning of the meeting to ensure fresh energy and engagement.
✅Utilize Generative Discussions: Dedicate 15–20 minutes to forward-thinking, open-ended discussions to drive innovation.
✅Leverage Dashboards: Present key metrics in a clear, visual format to streamline data analysis and decision-making.
✅Reduce Reporting Overload: Prioritize decision-making over information sharing by limiting presentation time.
✅Board Meeting Assessments: Regularly evaluate board effectiveness through quick surveys and feedback sessions.
✅Hybrid & Virtual Board Meetings: Establish norms for participation
🎯 FREE Checklist: Spark Generative Discussions with These 20 Questions! – Download now to start implementing generative discussions in your board meetings. https://bit.ly/4gzrUwV
Effective board meetings are the #1 driver of board engagement. When meetings are strategic, well-structured, and participatory, board members feel more invested and motivated to contribute. By implementing these techniques, you can elevate the impact of your board and drive meaningful change in your organization.
Have questions or feedback? Email Jennifer at jennifer@peaktoprofit.com.
About Our Host:
Jennifer Drago is an award-winning strategist, author, speaker and certified business coach. Through Peak to Profit consulting, she helps senior living, healthcare and nonprofit organizations get clear on their vision and strategy so they can identify -- and execute on -- opportunities for growth, revenue and operational efficiencies.
Jennifer worked as a strategy and operations executive in the healthcare and senior living industries for 30 years, facilitating strategic plans and developing new programs and service lines. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance, a master’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from Arizona State University. You can follow Jennifer on her LinkedIn.
About the Show:
Senior Living Visionaries is a podcast that brings together innovative leaders and forward-thinkers in senior living to share insights, strategies, and inspiring stories that shape the future of the senior living industry. The show regularly features best practices in the boardroom to strengthen nonprofit governance, offering practical advice and bold ideas to empower professionals and organizations to thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Subscribe to be notified of new episodes of Senior Living Visionaries as they are published! https://www.peaktoprofit.com/p.......
Know someone who would make a great guest on the Senior Living Visionaries podcast? Apply here: https://airtable.com/appCRz6ks.......
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Male Room with Dr. Jesse Mills
As Director of The Men’s Clinic at UCLA, Dr. Jesse Mills has spent his career helping men understand their bodies, their hormones, and their health. Now he’s bringing that expertise to The Male Room — a podcast where data-driven medicine meets common sense. Each episode separates fact from hype, science from snake oil, and gives men the tools to live longer, stronger, and happier lives. With candor, humor, and real-world experience from the exam room and the operating room, Dr. Mills breaks down the latest health headlines, dissects trends, and explains what actually works — and what doesn’t. Smart, straightforward, and entertaining, The Male Room is the show that helps men take charge of their health without the jargon.