Board Code of Conduct
How to set the Code up for success and how to embed the code into your board meetings
How to harness conflict in the boardroom to optimise outcomes
The most effective boards don't avoid conflict, they harness it. However, if not nurtured correctly it can be a fine line between effective and respectful challenge and a breakdown of trust and relationships.
Walk in as the expert, every time
AI Assistant turns a 200-page board pack into the story that matters, answers plain-language questions with every source cited, and makes years of board history searchable in seconds. You read to decide, not to decode
Why most boards get induction wrong - and what high-performing boards do instead
Many new Directors meet formal requirements yet struggle in their first year, often lacking confidence, practical boardroom fluency, and judgement.
How high performance boards decide better
Rapid change, evolving member expectations, and constant data streams are challenging traditional board decision-making.
Strategic Differentiation - How it drives performance
If your organisation's differentiator sounds like one of these…. We are committed to stakeholder success We are here for our community We are a different kind of business ….it might be time for a refresh.
Launch of BoardPro AI Assistant
Board members today face more information than ever, with less time to absorb it. Hundreds of pages land days before the meeting, jargon and acronyms get in the way, and "what did we decide last quarter?" means scrolling through PDFs to find out.
Tension tolerance: Fostering healthy debate around the board table
Discover how to build the board's capacity for tension tolerance — the ability to sit with discomfort, hold competing views, and let healthy debate run its course rather than rushing to premature consensus
Presenting to Boards
Make every board invitation count. This webinar shows you how to present with the clarity, evidence and strategic insight directors need—to accelerate decisions, illuminate performance and provoke the right conversations
The AI Governance Gap-What 485 Leaders Told Us. And What Your Board Does Next
Four in five leaders use AI every week. Fewer than one in twenty have governance around it.
What is Healthy Governance
Lucy Byrne has had the opportunity to sit on a wide range of boards, big and small, governance and regulatory, some amazing and some… not so amazing. She’s seen board packs that run to 2,000 pages and others where decisions are made on a whim.
Beyond Compliance: Turning Risk into Strategic Insight
Most organisations treat risk as a compliance exercise, something to monitor, report, and minimise.
Why Most Boards Get Induction Wrong — And What High-Performing Boards Do Instead
Many new Directors meet formal requirements yet struggle in their first year, often lacking confidence, practical boardroom fluency, and judgement.
Who sank the boat: A practical guide to governing psychosocial risk in the workplace
Most boards now recognise that psychosocial risks matter. The challenge is knowing what to look for – and what to do – when the signals aren't clear.
To pay or not to pay your directors
Should not-for-profit boards pay their directors? It’s a question we are hearing more than ever.
Unseen and Unchecked: The Real AI Risks Facing Your Board
AI capability is accelerating faster than most boards can govern it. Directors are already using AI tools for board work, but the risks are evolving just as fast.
Your New Board Director Journey - Where do you start?
Learn how to start your Director (or Board) journey on the right foot. Know the steps to take on your Board journey to enable you to move further, faster. Understand what Boards are looking for from Board candidates
The importance of the board consent agenda
Board meetings shouldn’t feel rushed, reactive, or unfinished. Yet too often, valuable time is consumed by routine reporting, minor updates, and items that don’t require full discussion. The result? Strategic conversations get squeezed, decisions feel hurried, and meetings run over time.
Making the Case: Persuading Your Board to Tackle AI
Most directors know AI matters. The challenge? Convincing your Chair and peers to prioritise it now, not “someday.” That’s what this webinar delivers.
Managing conflict in the boardroom
Are you navigating tensions, differing perspectives and competing priorities around your board table?
Product Webinar: Annual board work plan feature
See it in action: BoardPro’s new Annual work plan feature
Developing your annual board work plan
Scheduling a board meeting can feel like a Herculean task, especially when you're racing against the clock to finalise decisions or wrap up tasks that were sidelined in previous meetings due to time constraints.
How to create effective board meeting minutes
Learn from three of Australasia's top governance professionals and why the preparation of board minutes is a vital component of directors’ responsibilities and what good minutes contain.
The pathway to reregistration for incorporated societies
Time is running out to re-register by April 2026 under the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022. Join us for this practical webinar
How to continually refresh your annual board strategy
Learn how to run a half-day strategy review that is focused and strategic with some of Australasia's leading experts in business strategic planning and governance.
How to set your strategic vision and board agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic vision and board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.
How to be a great board chair
Join Governance expert, Giselle McLachlan for a practical, high-impact session what it truly takes to chair a board well. In this focused webinar, Giselle is joined by internationally recognised governance specialists Steven Bowman, and Julie Garland McLellan for a grounded and insightful conversation about exceptional chairing.
Negotiation and Influence: Increasing Your Impact
Effective directors benefit from understanding 'the art and science of influencing', inside and outside of the boardroom. Explore how you can increase your impact and contribute to better organisational outcomes.
Identifying and managing conflicts of interest
Directors don’t emerge from a pristine vacuum. They have lives with relationships, ownership of assets, and contractual duties which impact their ability to focus solely on the long-term best interests of your company. Any interest can become a conflict of interest — and even perceived conflicts can undermine trust, decision-making, and board confidence if they’re not handled well. Left unmanaged, small issues can quickly escalate into governance risks, reputational damage, or strained relationships around the board table. Proactive and transparent management is essential to maintaining integrity and protecting the organisation’s credibility.
Board Remuneration 2026
This webinar will help Directors and governance executives in organisations of all types understand Board Fees: Who? Why? What? and How Much? The convergence of regulatory, governance and data issues can be tricky – this webinar will help you make board fee management into a positive attribute, not a risk factor!
Governing Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace
Not every health and safety risk is visible. Many of the most damaging ones show up in how people lead, work, and interact. Most boards take health and safety seriously when it comes to physical risks, but it can be hard to know where to start when it comes to measuring, monitoring, and reducing mental harm.
How to create a CEO report that inspires your board
Learn the fine art of CEO reporting to the board in four simple steps in 45 minutes from industry and governance experts
The board management dynamic
Are you struggling to balance the competing interests and priorities of your Board and management? This webinar will teach you the keys to success. We'll explore how factors like your organisation's size and crises are influencing and impacting the line between governance and management, and how you can align expectations for high performance.
Advancing the 'S' in ESG - From rhetoric to results
Join us for an engaging session designed for directors and executives ready to lead on the Social pillar of ESG. Discover practical frameworks, governance tools, and real-world examples to strengthen accountability, manage risk, and spot opportunities. Learn how investor expectations, regulatory shifts, and global standards are raising the bar - and how integrating social considerations into governance can drive both impact and long-term value and support effective decision-making.
Top Challenges Facing Boards in 2026
What's making your sweat? Are you facing complex questions around strategy, governance or AI? How about risk and resilience, culture, or representation? In this session we’ll address the stickiest issues facing each of these areas, as voted by you, on the day.
Governance: It's a global game
Join us for a sharp and insightful 45-minutes webinar exploring the foundations of good governance through a global lens.
Board code of conduct and managing difficult Board members
Sometimes boards behave badly. Unhelpful dynamics, disruptive behaviours, or misplaced priorities can derail the best of intentions in the boardroom. At times, these issues stem from a simple lack of guidance and support. At other times, even with clear expectations and resources in place, challenges persist. That’s where leadership must step up. The Chair, Company Secretary, or CEO often play a critical role in setting the tone, managing expectations, and addressing behaviour head-on. Doing so not only protects the integrity of the board’s work but also safeguards the organisation’s reputation.
Sports Governance Essentials
Practical Tools for Directors of Sports Associations & Clubs
What the next generation of board members expect
Join us to explore what rising leaders expect, with a particular focus on Digital Fluency, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Transparency, and Real-time access.
AI and the Board: Navigating the workforce of tomorrow
Think your AI project is just about tech? Think again. This session uncovers the human implications and blind spots boards overlook but can no longer afford to ignore.
How to grow a great culture in your organisation
Learn how to identify the right culture for your strategy and how to grow that into a great culture that “lives” within your organisation and drives successful performance.
Strategy and Foresight
Learn how to integrate foresight tools into your Strategy development process to provide a clearer picture of how future possibilities may unfold and how your organisation may need to adapt to be successful.
Navigating Governance: How Successful Boards Plan, Pay and Perform
Practical insights on board effectiveness, director remuneration, and governance best practice – grounded in data, and designed for today’s board challenges.
The pathway to reregistration for incorporated societies
Join us for a two-part webinar series on the Incorporated Societies Act 2022—the most significant reform of New Zealand society law in over a century.
Strategic thinking skills for directors
Strategic thinking is about shifting from oversight to foresight—shaping the future, not just managing the present. By asking sharper questions, fostering strategic awareness, and unlocking new possibilities, boards can drive lasting impact for the communities they serve.
Board roles and responsibilities
What does it really mean to be a director? This clear, practical session explains your personal responsibilities, legal duties and what good directors know—and do—before, during, and after meetings.
Governing AI Risk: What Every Director Needs to Know
AI risk isn’t theoretical—it’s happening now. Learn how boards across Australia and New Zealand are building fluency, oversight, and safeguards to steer their organisations through the AI era with confidence.
The Governance grey zone: HR Oversight
Governance lives in the grey zone—especially when it comes to the board’s role in Human Resources (HR) oversight. Join us to explore how boards can navigate this space with clarity and alignment. Discover how HR oversight can be interpreted—and applied—in ways that best serve your board’s unique context.
The Governance grey zone: Strategy and Risk
Governance lives in the grey zone—where strategy and risk meet oversight. Join us to explore how boards can navigate this space with clarity and alignment. Discover how strategic and risk oversight can be interpreted—and applied—in ways that best serve your board’s unique context.
How to build a right sized compliance and risk program for SMBs
What are your obligations as a business owner, and how do you know if you are actually compliant? Even with a small team or limited resources, there are simple tools you can use to create accountability and protect your business. This webinar will show you how to build a fit for purpose compliance programme that works.
Using AI to prepare for your board meetings
Time-saving tips for the director
AI generated board minutes- Time saving tech or risky business?
What Every Board Director Needs to Know Before Letting AI Into the Boardroom
The boards role in cybersecurity
The board’s role in overseeing cybersecurity and protecting against data breaches
Aligning Governance and Management
Understanding the Board & Management Relationship Great governance depends on more than structure, it hinges on strong relationships, clarity, and trust. When boards and executive teams are aligned, organisations move with purpose and confidence. When roles blur, the friction can slow everything down
Developing reports that focus your board
Sometimes, boards struggle to find the right balance—either glossing over crucial details in pursuit of the ‘big picture’ or getting lost in the weeds of operational minutiae, missing the strategic forest for the trees.
How to chair a board committee
Best practices for leading with confidence, fostering productive discussions, and managing board dynamics effectively.
Going Paperless in the board room: Tips for Transitioning to a Board Portal
Is your board still relying on paper-based processes or scattered digital files? Transitioning to a board portal can streamline governance, enhance security, and improve board efficiency—but where do you start? Join us for this insightful webinar as we break down the key steps to successfully moving to board management software.
The role and responsibilities of the company secretary in relation to the board
The unsung powerhouse of governance Behind every high-performing board is a Company Secretary who ensures seamless governance, regulatory compliance, and strategic alignment. As the trusted adviser to directors, the Company Secretary holds a unique position—balancing corporate authority, ethical integrity, and practical judgement to navigate complex governance landscapes.
The Board’s Role in Workplace Performance & Wellbeing
Join us as we explore how directors can support work to be the means for people to realise their potential and do great things.
Practical use cases for AI in governance
Discover how AI enhances boards to gain innovative strategic insights and productivity tools to meet governance challenges and improve decision making and transformative opportunities.
Two sides to every story - The power of narrative
Story is the thread. It connects everything. Shared knowledge drives the success of our species. The capacity to build and believe in abstract thought is our defining characteristic:
Board crisis response
Effective crisis management starts long before a crisis hits. Boards play a critical role in this. With a fiduciary duty and responsibility to protect the interests of shareholders, effective crisis response is a critical part of the board’s mandate to oversee good governance and management of risk. It is one part of the board’s normal assessment of the ongoing viability and sustainability of its business.
Creating a strategic board culture
Boards have been tasked with pivoting and re-orienting to a new future in a state of great uncertainty. While the "right" path forward through these challenges will look different to each business, the Board processes, practices and skills that will identify winning strategies will be common.
Advisory boards - The board you always wanted
Join us for an insightful webinar designed to help you build the board you’ve always wanted—one that drives success and elevates your organisation’s impact. This webinar has been crafted to guide you through the essential elements of creating, recruiting, and managing a professional advisory board that will give your organisation a true competitive advantage.
The purpose and function of advisory boards for small business
Join us for an engaging webinar that will empower you to create the board of your dreams—one that propels success and enhances your organisation's impact. This session is thoughtfully designed to walk you through the key steps of building, recruiting, and managing a professional advisory board, providing your organisation with a significant competitive edge.
Identifying and managing conflict of interest in the boardroom
This webinar will illuminate the intricate landscape of conflicts of interest within the boardroom. Navigating conflicts effectively is not just a skill; it's a necessity for maintaining integrity, fostering trust, and ensuring sustainable organisational success.
From Conflict to Innovation
Conflict doesn’t have to divide your board—it can be the spark that drives innovation. Discover practical strategies, real-world case studies and proven models for transforming disagreement into creative solutions.
Cultivating board culture for excellence and impact
Cultivating an effective boardroom culture is essential for building trust, creating a psychologically safe environment, and enabling the board to deliver excellence for the organisation. Creating an effective boardroom culture is no longer a ‘nice to do’, but a requirement for meeting work health and safety obligations and duty of care.
The AI Playbook: How to Elevate Your Governance Game
Unlock the potential of AI in governance with this insightful webinar, designed to help directors and executives integrate AI into their decision-making processes.
Developing CEO KPIs and Performance Management Frameworks
Is your Board prepared for the next CEO appraisal? Join us in a dynamic webinar offering invaluable insights on conducting effective CEO reviews, setting KPIs, and driving performance.
Creating your annual operating plan
Learn how to run a lower stress process to produce an engaging annual operating plan.
How to think differently about whole of business governance
Join us for our enlightening webinar, 'How to think differently about whole of business governance’, where Dr Dean Blomson and our expert panel will be guiding us through an exploration of business governance design.
The First 100 Days-the 4 key elements of Board Induction
Are you ready to transform your board induction process and unlock the full potential of every new director? Traditional induction packs often fail to inspire and engage new board members. They can feel overwhelming, generic, and detached from the realities of your organisation's unique dynamics. This lack of engagement can result in new directors feeling lost or disconnected, delaying their ability to contribute meaningfully.
How to create a CEO report that will delight your board
Learn the fine art of CEO reporting to the board in four simple steps in 45 minutes from industry and governance experts.
The art of collaborative leadership
The art of collaborative leadership can enhance relationships and transform boardroom decision-making. This webinar will dive into the key components of collaboration and offer practical tips for implementation.
Using strategy to shape boardroom conversation
Discover how to use strategy to shape boardroom conversations effectively. Explore the board's role in creating the future for stakeholders, understanding the present and future landscapes, and determining necessary actions.
Setting your Strategic Board Agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.
UK with John Courtney- Setting your Strategic Board Agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.
Negotiating Stakeholder Alignment
Are you struggling to balance the competing interests and priorities of board members, employees, investors and others? In this webinar, you will learn practical tips on how to negotiate stakeholder alignment and build commitment to the organisation’s success.
Adaptive Strategy - The Changing Paradigm on Management Thinking
How to establish an Adaptive Strategy and bring the board and organisation on the journey.
Optimising Director Succession Planning with Skill Matrixes
Explore using skill matrixes to ensure effective director succession planning and onboarding. Understand how to identify the right competencies, balance the board’s collective expertise, and plan for future needs.
How to determine if your governance is fit for purpose
Understand more about why a fit-for-purpose governance model is important; what is meant by this; and the key questions to discuss and address as a board team in defining its governance mechanisms, structures, and systems, whether unique or more ‘vanilla’.
Compliance in the boardroom - Who is responsible for what?
Compliance is the B side of the Risk LP, something not as shiny and bright or even as interesting as the A side and its top of the pops rating. Is it the board’s responsibility or management’s? Where is the line drawn and how does a board decide? What obligations does a board have to ask questions about the nuts and bolts that make the organisation’s wheels turn? Join this session as we discuss what compliance is and means and why directors should take an interest.
Difficult conversations with difficult directors - How it's done.
A difficult director can derail the performance of a board very quickly. This webinar will provide tips for how to tackle conversations with directors that are causing problems.
The Importance of Board Meeting Etiquette
There would not be a director in the world who has not had a gripe about the conduct of a colleague at one time or another for annoying, frustrating or downright dreadful behaviour during a board meeting. If you’re one of them join this session to hear about approaches to instilling a code for meeting etiquette.
From Strategy to Excellence - How to bridge the gap
According to studies, some 60–90% of strategic plans never fully launch (HBR). This webinar will provide practical tips and tools on shifting strategy from words on a page to impactful action.
Not for profit boards: Strategic versus Operational
Discover the crucial differences between strategic and operational functions within NFP organisations. Learn how to effectively balance these roles, ensure sustainable growth, and drive impactful missions forward. Join us to transform your governance approach and achieve “breakthrough”.
Is your constitution fit for purpose
Watch our webinar to assess if your constitution meets today's needs! Learn how to read it critically, understand historical clauses, and explore how to amend it effectively. Stay informed about modern trends and key issues.
Creating effective minutes for your board meetings
Learn from three of Australasia's top board secretaries why the preparation of board minutes is a vital component of directors’ responsibilities, and what good minutes contain.
Getting governance right in your start-up
Learn essential governance principles for startup success
AML/CFT Responsibilities for Board & Senior Management
As a Board member or Senior Manager of a reporting entity, you bear significant obligations under the AML/CFT Act. Are you confident that you have them fully covered?
Are you getting NFP Governance right?
Explore the critical functions of Board Members, Executive Directors, and your Company secretary in shaping the strategic direction and impact of not for profit organisations.
AI The role of directors and boards
Join us as we explore the impact of AI and how as directors we can prepare for a future where AI will continue to redefine how we do business.
Helping directors to be more strategic
The most common complaint of Directors is “Our Board needs to be more strategic”. But what does this mean? How do you go about creating this? What works, and what doesn’t? What can you do?
How to run and manage committees
There are some things that boards find easy to do. One is to involve themselves in business operations, much to the frustration of many CEOs.
Board Skills Matrix - How to Get it Right
Join Nicholas Barnett and our expert panel as we delve into the crucial role of the Board Skills Matrix in the director selection process.
Identifying and managing conflict of interest in the boardroom
This webinar will illuminate the intricate landscape of conflicts of interest within the boardroom. Navigating conflicts effectively is not just a skill; it's a necessity for maintaining integrity, fostering trust, and ensuring sustainable organizational success.
Risk as a strategic conversation
Dive deep into the strategic realm of engaging with risk in boardroom discussions. Move from compliance and reporting against your risk register, to unlocking strategic advantage and new revenue sources from unpacking and leveraging risk at the Board table
How to break into the boardroom - Part 2 of 2
In this second of two webinars, you will learn how to develop a proactive board search strategy to get you on board faster.
Does governance need a reboot? Governance 4.0?
Join us for our enlightening webinar, 'Does governance need a reboot? Time to think about Governance 4.0? with the esteemed Dr Dean Blomson and our expert panel with Steven Bowman and Lynda Carroll.
How to break into the boardroom - Part 1 of 2
Understand where and how to start your board career. Across two webinars you’ll learn how to develop a replicable approach to breaking into the boardroom and landing your ideal board role.
The First 100 Days-the 4 key elements of Board Induction
Traditional Board induction packs can leave new Directors disengaged (even before they begin). This can be challenging especially if you want them to reach their potential quickly but don’t have the time to coach them personally through this transition.
Options for board evaluations that actually work
Exceptional board performance is pivotal for organisational success. Discover how to measure and improve your board’s effectiveness with evaluations that help to transform team dynamics and deliver better outcomes.
Setting the tone from the top - Leading with culture
Board culture and leadership has an impact on the whole organisation. Who the board members are, how they conduct themselves, and how they relate to others throughout the organisation is critical.
Setting your strategic board agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.
Open Strategy
Join us to explore open techniques for dynamic strategy creation, formulation and execution. Discover how to harness the power of diverse insights, overcome cognitive biases, and build buy-in for strategic transformation.
Exposing the hidden risk of organisational culture
Culture's Impact: Harnessing Positives, Navigating Risks for Strategy, Compliance, and Reputation in the Organisation Your organisation’s culture can be a tremendous asset as it can drive innovation, boost employee contribution, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Leveraging Risk and Strategy
Could looking at risk through a more strategic lens not only improve engagement but also be the missing piece of the puzzle that enables strategy execution? This webinar will provide key tips on how to improve engagement around risk as well as making your risk analysis more strategic. We will also look at the impact chat GPT, and how it can be used to propel risk analysis.
Cultural Literacy - The Rules of Belonging
Organisational culture doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s not easy, but it is simple. Once you know what to look for, you can identify the current culture of any group and decide what you want it to be and start moving in the right direction
How late reporting kills the CEO
Learn how reporting can slowly destroy an organisation or conversely, keep it focused and positioned for the future.
Board Remuneration and Directors Fees in Australia
The governance landscape has incredible heterogeneity, from school boards through to listed companies. This webinar will identify the categories of organisations that pay generous director fees to their board members.
How to create a CEO report that will delight your board
Learn the fine art of CEO reporting to the board in four simple steps in 45 minutes from industry and governance experts.
How to continually refresh your annual board strategy
Learn how to run a half-day strategy review that is focused and strategic with some of Australasia's leading experts in business strategic planning and governance.
How to work practically with AI in the boardroom
Enhance the effectiveness of your Board with our "Practical AI Tools" for Boards - watch a live demonstration of practical AI tools and gain invaluable insights you can apply immediately.
Creating effective minutes for your board meetings
Create effective minutes for your board meetings
Setting the Strategic Board Agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.
Why every board needs a solid connection with their CEO
The success of your CEO comes down to having a solid connection between the board and the CEO. But how does a board do that while avoiding the common mistakes that destroy this critical relationship? It starts with the Board understanding their overall purpose and role within the organisation and then cascading that down through the CEO position and relationship using proactive and practical methods to ensure organisation success
How to improve the probability of successful mergers & acquisitions through better transaction governance
In this interactive webinar, Dr Dean Blomson and our expert panel will discuss the following issues: Important themes coming out of recent research and direct experience; Why soft skills and self-awareness really matter and why critical challenge is the best defence; Key questions to ask, at each major stage, so that destruction of shareholder value does not happen on your watch; How boards and management need to become M&A match fit.
Benchmarking board performance: 500 board reviews later
Learn how to use benchmarking to improve your board. Also, find out how to focus on the vital few to deliver the biggest improvement in your governance and oversight while ensuring your board increases its impact, adds value and leaves a lasting legacy.
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How to avoid death by hubris at the board table
Hubris is the enemy of board effectiveness and, therefore, organisational success. At this webinar, we unpack what hubris looks like in the boardroom and how to eliminate it.
Ask me anything governance
Ask our panel of experts any burning questions you have about governance, boards and board meetings.
Guiding board meetings to maximise productivity
How to ensure meetings are productive and efficient, enabling you to focus on the important work of governing your organisation.
How to remove the friction from your board meetings
Why do some chairs lead productive meetings whilst others struggle? This webinar explores practical tools you can apply before and during meetings to remove friction and ensure your board operates as a cohesive decision-making team.
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Exposing the hidden risk of organisational culture
Culture's Impact: Harnessing Positives, Navigating Risks for Strategy, Compliance, and Reputation in the Organisation
The Role of AI in Governance
An informative session for governors currently being exposed to the raft of opportunity that is AI, designed to equip directors with knowledge and tools to help with the explorations and decision making these new technologies represent.
Handling a crisis while managing your board and stakeholders
Special Guest: Raelene Castle ONZM Group CEO Sport New Zealand
How technology gets things done in the boardroom
Explore how technology is positively impacting boardrooms.
Seven costly mistakes of board packs and how to fix them
In this webinar we explore the importance of creating effective board packs and highlight seven common mistakes that can be made - and then how to fix them.
Diversity of thought - Your board super power
Learn where diversity of thought adds value for boards and what you can do to boost your board’s decision-making performance. This interactive session will be full of research-based insights that you can apply to your board’s practices and wider organisation.
The importance of an annual board work plan
Improve your board effectiveness and learn the art of board annual work planning from Steven Bowman, Lynda Carroll and Giselle McLachlan, some of Australasia's leading experts in business governance and strategic planning.
Governance Q&A Webinar
Ask our panel of experts any burning questions you have about governance, boards and board meetings.
Creating Effective Minutes for your Board Meetings
Learn why the preparation of board minutes is a vital component of directors’ responsibilities, and what good minutes contain
What is board engagement and how to get more of it?
The Importance of Board Engagement: Why It Can Make or Break a Board. Click the link below to watch the webinar and download the event resources.
How to get your board onboard and aligned
Effectively and efficiently integrate, activate, and motivate your board members. Learn why it matters and how to do it. Click the link below to watch the webinar and download the event resources.
Effective Governance for start-up and early stage companies
Having appropriate, ‘best fit’ governance in place for start-up and early-stage companies is critical for founders to manage and monitor profitable growth. Investors also seek tailored reporting to assess and monitor their investment. Click the link below to watch the webinar and download the event resources.
Setting the strategic board agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting
Why every board needs a solid connection with their CEO
Learn how to build a powerful working relationship with your CEO. Understand where it can go wrong and the seven things that every board can do to get it right.
What does good governance for nonprofits look like
Have you ever sat in your non-profit board meeting wondering if the meeting would ever end? Have you ever wondered what good governance really looks like? If so, this webinar is for you.
Stakeholder Engagement for Boards
Discover a quality engagement practice framework and 10 step facilitated processes for designing Board engagement with external stakeholders. Ideal for Chairs and Board members leading stakeholder engagement.
8 Steps to building your annual operating plan
Learn how to run a lower stress process to produce an engaging annual operating plan
How late reporting kills the CEO
Learn how reporting can slowly destroy an organisation or conversely, keep it focused and positioned for the future.
Creating effective minutes for your board meetings
Inquiries into organisational misdeeds and collapses invariably point to the shortcoming in board meeting minutes that might otherwise have explained and justified the decisions directors had taken. That scenario underlines only one of the reasons for the importance of having a thorough record of the board’s deliberations.
Creating and sustaining a high performance board
Good governance is an active choice It starts with us – as individual board members and as a board – to make the time and have the intention to create a system that supports the board and board members towards governance excellence.
Nuances of governing in a private company
Privately owned business board members experience both unique challenges and stimulating rewards. Our expert panel will discuss these in depth, sharing first hand insights and war stories.
7 Traits of future directors
The role of the board member must evolve to suit the contemporary world and become ‘fit for purpose'. Understand how to ensure your ongoing relevance for the companies you help govern
5 things to know before you start your board evaluation
Learn about 2021’s Top Five Governance Risks and Boards Top Tips for addressing them. Gain insight into how continuous Board and director review and development (Evaluation) is the number one tip for building your board's capabilities for being effective.
Preventing fraud - a board's duty of care
This webinar explores the true impact and cost of payment fraud, the difference between internal and external fraud, and why good organisations get caught out.
The Boards responsibilty for setting organisational culture
Learn how to clearly articulate the culture the board requires for your organisation, and the different methodologies for monitoring and measurement.
Not for Profit Governance - What you need to know
Identify issues or governance challenges facing your charity or Non Profit Board. Understand the keys to what good governance looks like for your organisation in 2022, and beyond.
Setting the strategic board meeting agenda
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting
Creating Effective Minutes
While minutes often feature in-jokes about board performance (for example, ‘boards take minutes and waste hours’), they are no laughing matter. Board meetings are an essential component of an organisation’s decision-making process. The record (minutes) of the conduct of those meetings is a direct indication of the quality of a board’s administration. For various reasons, the quality of the minutes and the protection of their integrity, once approved and signed off, are treated with considerable gravity.1 Boards should pay closer attention to both the recording and approval of their minutes than is often the case.
New board members - the first 100 days
No matter how experienced (or not) you are as a director, the first 100 days set the scene for your tenure. Preparing for this responsibility is the function of a well-designed board induction programme.
How to Develop Board Guiding Policies
A Board and Operational Governance Policy Suite should contain important (often mandatory) information and procedures that will help to ensure that your organisation complies with all funding, legal and governance responsibilities.
How to Run Robust Meeting Cycles
Board meeting cycles are the lifeblood of the work of the Board. Individual Board meetings are where most of the discussion and ultimately decisions are made and are therefore the most important mechanism that the Board has at its disposal. The authority of the Board arises from its collective nature, which necessitates meetings to address the collective decision making.
Understanding The Power and Importance of the Board's Policy Making Role
It is surprising how few boards seem to fully understand and apply the influence, achieve the impact, and obtain the benefits, available to them through their policy making function. In this webinar we will explain why boards should understand and make better use of their policy making potential
Diversity of Thought - Is this your new Board Super Power?
Your board is the ultimate decision-making group for your organisation. Board members are rightfully asked to address and take responsibility for the most complex matters you will ever face. Diversity of Thought adds value when facing complexity.
What Is Good Governance In Early Stage Companies
Governance provides a framework of guides and guard rails within which the business grows. The board adds a wide range of perspectives on how to grow a business, and in particular, this business – enabling founders and management to get on with doing it, without the full burden of sole founder responsibility for every decision made.
How to Conduct Strategic Risk Reviews
Conducting a risk review is not about filling in the boxes but identifying the big risks that will have a fundamental impact on your organisation and turning them into a competitive advantage.
Developing Your Annual Board Work Plan
Improve your board effectiveness with an annual work plan and 3 key strategies Understanding how to use a board work plan to identify, agree, and deliver on the things that will give the board its greatest leverage over organisational performance.
What You Need To Know About Strategic Planning At A Board Level
Strategy is about having a clear focus on the future you are trying to create, being aware of different future possibilities, understanding the current environment, analysing what this means to your organisation, and then choosing what needs to be done based on this analysis, in advance of needing to act
Create A CEO Report That Delights Your Board
According to directors, the CEO report is the most important document in the board pack and it’s their go-to doc. However, most organisations struggle with it and very few get it right. Watch our recorded webinar and learn the art of creating a CEO report that delights your board.
8 Steps to a Beautiful Annual Operating Plan
An annual operating plan is the blueprint for building your organisation in any given year. This guide is aimed at CEOs of small to medium commercial and not-for-profit organisations with a management team (i.e., 3+ managers) that struggles with strategic/operational planning.
Boards Role In Planning
Only the board can decide the purpose of the organisation and what it is to achieve. In this second session, we discuss the board’s role in outlining the top lines of planning.
Connection to the CEO
A board is physically present less than 1% of the time but with full responsibility 100% of the time. The connection to the CEO is the primary mechanism for ensuring that all is as it should be. Here we look at how.
Governance Defined
We start by looking at what governance is and isn’t. The board as a subset of the owners has a separate and distinct role that needs to be made clear, understood, and adhered to by directors and management alike.
Learning and Questioning
As a group and as individuals the board must be committed to learning. The board needs skills of active and purposeful inquiry. To mould the board into a genuine learning entity takes effort and some planning.
Meetings
The meeting is where governance actually happens. Too often though, the time is poorly spent. Here we look at how to structure your meeting and your year’s work to ensure that the board is focused in the right places.
Strategic Role Of The Board
The engaged board is in constant strategic mode, checking that resources are being used in an optimal way. Also, understanding and reacting to the changing world. Here we look at how that happens.
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