Event Calendar

Start Date: 1/8/2026 9:00 AM CST
End Date: 1/8/2026 4:00 PM CST

Venue Name: Florian Gardens Conference Center

Location:

Organization Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association

Contact:

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PROGRAM LOCATION
Florian Gardens Conference Center
2340 Lorch Avenue
Eau Claire, WI
(715) 832-8836

Registration:  8:30 a.m.
Program:  9 a.m.–4 p.m.

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ROOM BLOCK
Holiday Inn South
4751 Owen Ayres Court
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 830-9889
Room Block Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association or WECA
Room Block Rate: $121 (double queen)
Room Block Expires: Friday, December 5
Room Block Link:  January Room Block

Rooms may be available under the room block after the cut-off date only if the hotel has rooms available. Contact the hotel directly to book rooms after the deadline.

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Your Board's Culture: Its Impact on Effectiveness (BLC #955.1)
1-1/2 Skill Builder Credits

All organizations, groups, and teams have a culture – weak, strong, positive, negative, or somewhere in between. Boards of directors are no exception. Effective boards follow logical rules when making decisions while ideally maintaining a collaborative atmosphere, but they are also affected by their cultures - the set of norms and values ingrained in the local boardroom. Some boardroom cultures promote effectiveness, but others skew toward complacency or conflict and this can lead to the board’s inability to discuss, deliberate, and weigh the potential outcomes of its decisions. This course helps directors gain an awareness of their board’s culture, helps them understand how cultural factors affect the board, and how the culture can be strengthened to produce better results.

KEY TOPICS

• How boardroom cultures develop and how they impact the board's effectiveness.
• Case studies in boardroom conflict and boardroom.
• Complacency and what directors can do to limit threats and risks of a counterproductive culture.
• How boards deal with risk, conflict, and difficult decisions.

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