The first of two one-day courses on governance for both experienced and new chairs and chief executives. The course is designed to help you in your role of building a high-performance board, delivering valuable insights into the key areas of responsibility for chairs and CEOs and providing you with ideas to keep your board moving forward.
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Programme
28 September 2016
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9.30AM - 10.00AMRegistration and coffeeRegistration and coffee
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10.00AM - 10.15AMIntroductionsIntroductions
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10.15AM - 11.30AMEnsuring boards and their chairs fulfil the governance role
Role and expectations of chairs
- The chair’s leadership role
- Limitations on the chair’s role
- Respecting the collective authority and responsibility of trustees
Ensuring boards fulfil their governance role
- Trustees’ role and the chair’s relationship with trustees
- Success and failure of organisations - the link with governance
- Three different models of governance and what each has to offer
- The three key strands of governance: corporate/fiduciary, strategic and impact governance
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11.30AM - 11.45AMTea and coffeeTea and coffee
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11.45AM - 1.15PMMaking informed decisions, addressing the right issues and refreshing the board
Making informed decisions
- Ensuring the board gets the information it needs for good governance
- When too much detail is dangerous; when detail could be important
- What should be in a CEO’s report to the board
- What constitutes a good proposal to the board
- Basic rules for board papers
- The chair’s and CEO’s role in quality controlling board papers
Making sure your board is addressing the right issues
- Why well-crafted agendas are so important
- Why planning is vital to help boards fulfil their duties and responsibilities, and stick to their governance role
Refreshing the board and finding new trustees
- Providing support and ensuring new trustees become effective as quickly as possible
Work in two's and three's to find solutions to two different scenarios.
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1.15PM - 2.00PMLunchLunch
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2.00PM - 3.15PMCase study of where things went wrong – tackling difficult/sensitive situations and learning from others’ mistake
- Delegates split into groups to decide how best to lead the charity in the case study out of its difficulties
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3.15PM - 3.30PMTea and coffeeTea and coffee
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3.30PM - 4.15PMBuilding relationships
Building a successful chair/CEO relationship
- Behaviours that can damage the relationship
Chair/CEO and CEO/board relationship
- Ensuring the board can hold the CEO to account without meddling in management
Open session - a chance to raise any other governance issues
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4.15PM - 4.15PMEndEnd
Prices
Governance subscriber - £195
Standard rate - £235
For group bookings email [email protected] or call 020 7819 1208
Testimonials
I now feel more confident that my charity is functioning well and have taken dozens of tips and ideas away for doing even better.
An extremely useful course with excellent materials.
Very practical and helpful course, presented in a nice relaxed atmosphere. Helped to confirm existing knowledge and all my questions were answered.
