BoardPro Podcasts

A board is generally physically present less than 1% of the time but with full responsibility 100% of the time. It needs to be comfortable that for the vast majority of the time is not in session the organisation is well run and pointed in the right direction. The connection to the chief executive is the primary mechanism for ensuring that all is as it should be. Here we look at how that happens.

Board work is thinking work. Too many boards get stuck in oversight mode and reacting to what comes before them. 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.

Too often boards leave planning to management, rubber stamping what comes back. 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.

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. In this first session, we explore some of the key principles that define governance.