{"id":1852,"date":"2014-09-10T08:17:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2014-09-10T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T13:27:47","slug":"trust-the-sac-rut-show-up-agree-collect-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1852","title":{"rendered":"Trust &#038; the SAC Rut: Show Up, Agree, Collect Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1005\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1005\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TAATAW_LOGO_H_color-tagline-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"TAA_R2_EDIT-CS3\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is your Board stuck in the SAC Rut- Show Up, Agree, Collect Check?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A female acquaintance who has held C-Suite level corporate positions in the past, was recently talking to me about the multiple Board of Director\u00a0seats she holds. I asked her about her degree of input\u00a0at Board meetings. Her answer went something like this, &#8220;I show up, agree, collect my check and leave.&#8221; I pressed her a bit further. &#8220;What if you don&#8217;t agree? What if you have something to add to the discussion based on your own experiences? What if you want to challenge another board member? \u00a0Her answer was simply, &#8220;The more I just smile and agree, the better my chances are of getting on more Boards. It&#8217;s very lucrative and requires almost no work.&#8221; She then reminded\u00a0me that she is a &#8220;hot commodity&#8221; as a former female senior executive.<\/p>\n<p>Our August blog series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1792\">31 Trust Tips For Boards &amp; C-Suites<\/a>\u00a0provides guidance to\u00a0boards on how to get out of the SAC Rut. There are another 69 essays in the book itself, <a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\">Trust Inc., A Guide for Boards &amp; C-Suites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>High-trust organizations with high-trust Boards are rewarded with faster\u00a0decision making, flourishing innovation, and accelerating growth and profitability. \u00a0And trust is built through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>collaboration<\/li>\n<li>common goals<\/li>\n<li>cooperation<\/li>\n<li>competence<\/li>\n<li>candor<\/li>\n<li>connection<\/li>\n<li>challenging the status quo<\/li>\n<li>character<\/li>\n<li>caring<\/li>\n<li>compromise<\/li>\n<li>choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And these are just the &#8220;C&#8217;s&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Boards stuck in the SAC Rut get\u00a0back exactly what they put in. They get back nothing and ALL the stakeholders suffer as a result. And unfortunately, the story told above is all too common.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/index.shtml\">Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\">TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series. In 2012 Barbara was named &#8220;One of 25 Women Changing the World&#8221; by Good Business International.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/h5>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1233\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1233\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1233 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrustInccover313-e1402235843856.jpg\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"141\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1225\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1225 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ND-Trust-CEO-cvr-140602-ft-e1401989324478.jpg\" alt=\"ND Trust CEO cvr 140602-ft\" width=\"151\" height=\"212\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/914Trust-front-Cover-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"914Trust front Cover\" width=\"151\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Coming Soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Should you wish\u00a0to communicate directly with Barbara, drop her a note at\u00a0<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;il&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;Ba&#x72;&#x62;ar&#x61;&#x40;&#116;ru&#x73;&#x74;ac&#x72;&#x6f;&#115;sa&#x6d;&#x65;&#114;i&#x63;&#x61;&#46;co&#x6d;\" class=\"autohyperlink\">&#x42;&#x61;&#114;b&#x61;&#x72;&#x61;&#64;t&#x72;&#x75;&#x73;&#116;a&#x63;&#x72;&#x6f;&#115;s&#x61;&#x6d;&#x65;&#114;i&#x63;&#x61;&#x2e;&#99;o&#x6d;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Copyright \u00a9 2014, Next Decade, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-best-social-bookmark\"><ul class=\"socials\"><li class=\"oknotizie\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oknotizie.virgilio.it\/post.html.php?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1852&title=Trust &#038; the SAC Rut: Show Up, Agree, Collect Check\" title=\"Share this on oknotizie\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"twitter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Trust &#038; the SAC Rut: Show Up, Agree, Collect Check &raquo; https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1852\" title=\"Share this on twitter\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"delicious\"><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1852&title=Trust &#038; the SAC Rut: Show Up, Agree, Collect Check\" title=\"Share this on del.icio.us\"> <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boards stuck in the SAC Rut get back exactly what they put in. 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