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How to develop board reports that focus the 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.

This webinar will show you how to write board reports that bring clarity, direction, and focus to your boardroom conversations. You’ll learn how to highlight what truly matters, frame information for strategic discussion, and support informed decision-making without overwhelming your board with unnecessary detail.

Whether you’re preparing reports for governance, strategy, or performance, this session will help you elevate your reporting to ensure the board stays focused, aligned, and engaged with the issues that really count.

 

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24th April 2025

11:00am AEST | 1:00pm NZST

45 minutes

Your Expert Panel

Julie Garland McLellan
Julie Garland McLellan
Managing Director—Directors Dilemma

Julie Garland McLellan

Julie Garland McLellan is an internationally recognised expert on board governance. Her newsletter, The Director’s Dilemma, is read in more than 60 countries and she has worked hundreds of boards over the past twenty years. She brings to her role deep professional qualifications and practical experience on 23 boards.

Steven Bowman
Managing Director - Conscious Governance

Steven Bowman

Steven Bowman is Managing Director of Conscious Governance and brings a great depth of experience facilitating Board reviews and strategic planning processes.

Steven has held numerous senior executive, CEO and Board positions in USA and Australia, as well as authoring and co-authoring over 14 books on governance, strategy, risk and executive leadership

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David Bartlett
Partner - Resolve Consulting

David Bartlett FCA BEc MEd GradDipCS

David has worked with hundreds of organisations across the schools and not-for-profit sectors globally in the areas of governance, leadership development and financial management.  

David has co authored the book Community Governance (impacting more than 57 countries), authored a large number of published articles and developed international training curriculum in school and not for profit business management and governance.  David is a presenter conducting governance education programs and seminars across the not for profit sector.  David has undertaken national and international consulting projects, is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and has several tertiary business and training qualifications.  He also an experienced practitioner having held director, company secretary, CFO, chairman and public officer roles.

 

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Takeaways from the webinar?

Attending this webinar will give you powerful, practical, and immediately usable tips for making your next board report:

  • Readable and action-oriented

  • Strategic and focused

  • A useful source of reference in the future

  • A perfect tool for generating good board discussion

  • Persuasive and compelling for sound decisions
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