Designed to provide chairs and chief executives who are experienced in their role, or have already attended our stage 1 course, with practical board solutions. This course takes place over two mornings and addresses the high-level board leadership and personnel issues, enabling you to develop a high-performing board.
Speakers
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Dorothy Dalton
Dorothy Dalton is a leading expert on governance who has written several books on the subject. She was editor of Governance: essential information for effective trustees from July 2005 to January 2016.
With a ‘first’ in mathematics, Dorothy, a former Headteacher, was chief executive of ACEVO, the association of chief executives of voluntary organisation from 1992 to 2000. She is currently chair of trustees at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Charity. She has been a trustee of many charities including Marie Curie and has been chair of governors of the Petchey Academy in Hackney, chair of trustees of the Journey of a Lifetime Trust (JoLt) and chair of governors of Orley Farm School Trust. From 2000 to 2003 she was a non-executive director of the Inland Revenue. She was a fellow of the Leadership Trust Foundation and of International Students House. She is a life fellow of the RSA. She founded the Journey of a Lifetime Trust (JoLt), the Network of Women Chairs, and Groundbreakers: Voluntary sector women leaders.
Dorothy was awarded the Leonard Cheshire Lifetime Achievement Award for enabling disabled people. She was nominated for the 1995 UK Woman of Europe Award for her work in the Voluntary Sector and she is an Honorary Life Member of ACEVO.
Dorothy has a passion for travel. During her spare time, from 1983 to 2010, Dorothy organised and led month-long challenging expeditions for disabled and disadvantaged teenagers to remote corners of the world. She continues to participates in other expeditions (many of which she organises herself) including crossing the Bayuda Desert by camel, and canoeing, kayaking and white-water rafting the Zambezi between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Publications written by Dorothy:
• Financial Governance: a gentle guide for the non-financial charity trustee
• Good Governance: a practical guide for trustees, chairs and CEOs
• Recruiting a New Chief Executive: a guide for chairs and trustees
• The Board’s Responsibility for Appraising the Chief Executive
• Good Governance: The Chair’s Role
• Good Governance: The Chief Executive’s Role
Programme
9:55
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Log in to ensure prompt start at 10am
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10.00
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Introductions
Brief reminder of the fundamentals of governance.
Complexities of conflicts of interest.
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11.00
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Break
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11.10
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Board committees
Each committee’s role in risk identification and risk management.
CEO remuneration
Succession planning
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12. 15
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Lunch
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12.45
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Board behaviours and dealing with people problems
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14:00
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End
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9.55
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Log in to ensure prompt start at 10am
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10.00
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Case study
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11.00
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Break
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11.10
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Re-join
Dealing professionally with CEO problems
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12. 30
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End
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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
Every trustee should attend one of these courses if they are to do their job properly
Prices
Governance & Leadership subscriber - £195
Standard rate - £235
Non-charity Governance & Leadership subscriber- £300
Non-charity delegate- £400
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