Roger Greenberg | How We Govern Is How We Grow: Boards, Leadership & Stewardship

If Roger Greenberg could change one thing about his career, he would have built a board sooner.

After decades of leadership, including more than 20 years as CEO of Minto, that might not be the answer you'd expect.

But Roger has experienced governance from almost every angle: as a CEO accountable to a board, a family-business leader, a board member and chair, and through organizations spanning private business, nonprofits and professional sport, including the CFL and Ontario Hockey League.

And he has learned that the right board can do far more than oversee an organization.

It can challenge assumptions.

Bring perspectives management doesn't have.

Help leaders navigate difficult decisions.

Create accountability.

And in a family business, it can provide independent perspective when business, family, history and emotion become difficult to separate.

In this episode of Tune Up Your Warrior, Jenny welcomes Roger back for Part Two, this time for a conversation about something that may not sound particularly exciting at first:

Governance.

What is a board actually supposed to do?

Where does governance end and management begin?

What makes someone a valuable board member beyond an impressive résumé?

How should a board challenge management without trying to manage the organization itself?

Does the right governance model depend on the organization and its culture?

And why doesn't Roger recommend advisory boards?

Roger shares what he learned from establishing a functioning board at Minto in 2007, why he wishes he had done it earlier, and how governance can be particularly valuable when navigating the complexity of a multigenerational family business.

Jenny and Roger also explore board composition, the value of disagreement and independent thinking, the relationship between governance and organizational impact, and why boards have a responsibility to think beyond today's performance.

Because ultimately, governance isn't just about meetings, committees and oversight.

It's about stewardship.

Who has responsibility for the decisions being made today?

Who is willing to challenge them?

And are we building organizations that are stronger for the people who will eventually inherit them?

🎙️ How We Govern Is How We Grow: Roger Greenberg on Boards, Leadership & Stewardship