Workshops, Course and Seminars
Dr Bev Edlin presents a wide range of courses with her colleague
Nick Dangerfield in the field of best practice governance. Courses
are structured in a progressive manner allowing participants to
take a practical perspective of governance.
Courses and Seminars
Common Sense Governance
Rating and Reviewing Your Board
Boardrooms: DNA of an Effective Board
Story Telling With Numbers -
Level One: Data to Information and Level Two: Stories from Numbers
Making
Your Board a Team
Managing High Growth Boards
Governance For Not-for-Profits
Governance For SMEs
Back Office Skills for the Boardroom
To enquire about any of these courses contact Dr Bev Edlin on 04 471 0071
Courses
are held in Wellington at the Newcoat Seminar Rooms
Level 12, 15 Guardian Trust
House,
Wellington.
Sign
Posts for Good Governance
Not having the right information can lead to disastrous consequences.
Often issues are raised in the media or management begins to send
signals that something could be out of order. But do boards chose
to hear or consider what they may be doing wrong or begin to identify
things they could do better.
Or does ego stop them from allowing themselves to be wrong?
Here are some Sign Posts that may help you to consider where your
board could improve its performance.
Are you regularly reviewing the information you are receiving
and asking yourself:
- Is it being received in a timely
and accurate matter?
- Is it relevant information and is it providing
you with the full picture?
- Is the board ignoring negative evidence
or accepting information in bind faith?
- Do you have proper procedures
to receive information?
Does your Board provide good leadership?
- Does your board have an ethics policy in place and are good
examples being demonstrated though the behaviours of board members
and senior management?
- Is there a healthy balance between non-executive
directors and executive directors on your board?
- Is the team working
as a team under the leadership of one?
Are your Governance Systems and Processes transparent
and workable?
- Does your board have a governance manual?
- Is there a fixation with
growth versus quality of business?
- Does the incentive scheme and
its structure (if you have one) reward the right sort of behaviour
or does it create comprise?
- Is there clear independent oversight
of the processes?
- Does your board review systems and processes as
part of its annual work programme?
Is your Governance team a balanced team?
- Is your board and/or organisation dominated by one individual,
factions or by management?
- Does the chair and CEO work independently
or as team for the benefit of organisation?
- Does the composition
of skills, abilities, experience and expertise of the collective
board align with the organisation’s strategic intent?
Are your Annual General Meetings an opportunity to communicate
with your shareholders/stakeholders?
- Are constitution changes explained to shareholders/stakeholders
or just stated as an AGM agenda item?
- Does the board consider that
the AGM is a good time to meet their shareholders?
- Do you know
what information is important to your shareholders/stakeholders?
Valeo International Limited’s assessment tool can assist you to
find out how effective your board really is compared with other
boards. For boards seeking to continually improve performance
the tool highlights areas of risk that boards need to consider
and areas that when enhanced will increase efficiency and effectiveness
of the governance activity.
Want to know more, contact Valeo International Limited
Phone
04 4710071
bev@valeointernational.co.nz
nick@valeointernational.co.nz
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