We help boards understand their role and the value they should be adding. We have worked with over 600 clients and undertaken more than 200 governance reviews.
Review the effectiveness of board systems and processes. We will design to your needs. The best results come from a combination of using our online survey tool and then subsequent interviews. We can review all governance related material. Often our discussions extend to the management team and to meeting observations for a full picture.
Discussion focussed on key topics. Often it is better to just get in a room and focus on essential issues. We help the group resolve issues for themselves.
Peer review of individual performance. Using our online tool and supported by interview. A powerful tool for personal development.
Revision of existing structures or ground-up build. Some structures assist good governance and others do not. Advice on core documentation and relationship to the owners.
Review or creation of policy frameworks. Boards govern by remote control. Clear, effective policy is essential. Policy-driven governance is a BoardWorks focus and strength.
The right people with the right skills. We don’t recruit but we help boards understand the skills required and plan for succession. We sit on interview panels as independent advisers.
The board’s role in strategy. The board, as the owners’ representative, must decide on organisation purpose and what is to be achieved. We help frame this strategic thinking process as a preface to strategic planning.
How do we know? The board’s pivotal role is arguably performance management. Without clarity on what is to be measured and how, the governance conversation sits in a vacuum. We help boards keep track of what is important.
The link between the board and the organisation. Without a highly functional relationship the board is hampered. We help both parties frame the relationship, understand and respect each other’s domain. See also Relationships below.
Masterclass workshops, webinars and presentations.
We construct workshops for individual boards on specific topics. Support for individual directors, chairs. Also new and aspiring directors.
Resources, blogs, research, think pieces.
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Helping the board with its leadership role in organisational culture
Helping build trust and frameworks for highly functional relationships
The board is a team of disparate individuals with differing roles and perspectives. As with any leadership team its efficacy as a group does not come without considered effort. An independent perspective adds real value
Questioning techniques: Knowing the right question, not the right answer and how to ask it is the director’s most valuable skill.
Addressing dysfunction: Sometimes it all goes wrong. We can help get relationships back on track.
The board’s role in oversight. Good practice frameworks. Financial policies.
Non-profit outcome reporting and accountability. Approaches to integrated and ESG reporting.
We have a long-held policy of client confidentiality but can provide references appropriate to the project, on request.
In the past year we have worked with clients large and small across multiple sectors including central and local government, crown entities, health, primary industries, training, culture, sport, banking, infrastructure and manufacturing.
