Monthly Archives: May 2015

Greenleaf writes: If trustees posit a role for themselves that will enable them to be influential in raising the performance of the total institution to the optimal, they confront a difficult problem: how to carry that role ‘as a group.’ … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: …trusteeship is a social role that needs to be explicitly conceptualized by each trustee group. Further, conscientious trustees will accept (1) that it is not sufficient just to understand their role, (2) that how they should carry that … Continue reading →

Gentle reader, I refer you to PART I in order to read Greenleaf’s quote; for our purposes this morning I will note the last part of his quote, the part I will comment on today. Greenleaf wrote: (5) because trustees … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: What is trustee judgment? It is a meld of the following unique aspects of the role of trustee: (1) trustees have the perspective of detachment that no insider can have; (2) they have their own information source that … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: …what is wanted is a fresh analysis of trustee information needs and a design of presentations that are carefully tailored to facilitate the specific judgments and decisions trustees will make. Carefully and imaginatively designed trustee information will serve … Continue reading →