Is Your Board Trapped in a "Three-Year Learning Curve?"

A board member at a new client once told us, "It took me my entire first term to feel like I knew what I was doing."

This isn't a failure of people; it's a failure of the system.

Many dedicated boards are trapped by a patchwork of legacy documents and a reactive, "rear-view mirror" agenda. This outdated model creates significant risks:

• Board meetings are consumed by historical reports, trapping directors in reactive oversight instead of forward-looking strategy.
• Director engagement suffers as meaningful dialogue is pushed aside for routine compliance checks.
• Critical duties are missed—"dead responsibilities" buried in a binder that are never scheduled on an agenda.
• New director onboarding is chaotic, leading to a "three-year learning curve" just to become effective.

Our Solution: The Living System of Governance

We provide the expert guidance to replace your static "binder on the shelf" with a proactive, auditable Living System.

This isn't a one-size-fits-all model. It's a proven, multi-year consulting engagement where we guide your board to build a governance framework that is clear, logical, and uniquely tailored to your credit union. We don't just hand you a new binder; we help you build a new capability.

Our Framework: The Governance Cascade

Our methodology is a logical cascade that builds a complete, unbroken line of sight from your highest beliefs to your daily work.

1. The Principles (The "Why")

We begin by establishing your board's "True North." Rather than starting with a blank page, we adapt the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance—the undisputed global standard—to create a "Governance Constitution" that anchors all your board's work.

2. The Pillars (The "What")

We translate your Principles into five non-delegable Pillars of oversight: Strategic Direction, Financial Stewardship, Risk & Compliance Oversight, Organizational Performance, and Board Effectiveness. This becomes your board's complete "job description."

3. The Responsibilities (The "How")

This is the engine of the system. We meticulously map every single, auditable duty from your bylaws, policies, and charters to a specific Pillar. This creates an unbroken line of sight from your "why" to your "how," ensuring there are no gaps in oversight.

4. The Governance Calendar (The "When")

Finally, we "activate" the framework. We take every single Responsibility and schedule it on a dynamic, forward-looking Governance Calendar. This becomes the operating system that drives your agendas, ends "phantom work," and ensures 100% of your duties are performed proactively, not reactively.

Your Digital Governance Command Center

The Living System we design and build together is embedded directly into the CU 360 Governance Module.

Your Governance Calendar becomes an automated workflow. Your principles, pillars, and responsibilities are housed in a central, version-controlled library. As your board completes its work, the platform automatically generates a perfect, perpetual audit trail, making regulatory exams and audits simple and transparent.

From a Reactive Burden to a Strategic Asset

Partnering with Glatt Consulting to build your Living System will deliver:

• Proactive, Strategic Meetings focused on forward-looking dialogue, not just rear-view mirror reports.
• A Crystal-Clear, Perpetual Audit Trail that proves your board is fulfilling 100% of its duties.
• Seamless Director Onboarding that ends the "three-year learning curve" and makes new board members effective from day one.
• Deeply Engaged Directors who have clarity, confidence, and a shared sense of purpose.
• True Alignment between the board and management, operating from a single, shared playbook.

If this topic resonates with your credit union's challenges, schedule a private consultation to discuss how our strategic frameworks can help.