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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.

Learn the three keys to strategies:

Vision/Purpose, Strategic Plan, and Operational Plan—and how to align board agendas, reports, and discussions to drive strategic outcomes and address common boardroom challenges. Are you ready to transform boardroom dynamics today?

BONUS: Includes a strategic board meeting agenda guide and MS Word template

UK VERSION WITH JOHN COURTNEY OF BOARDROOM ADVISORS
Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.

Focus only on those strategic items that matter

Do your meetings tend to get unfocussed or off-track, or are they a sound use of time, focusing on strategic items that move your organisation forward?

Provide your directors with clarity on what they should do with each paper, and reduce the amount of time wasted on ineffectual discussions. 

Learn how to develop and structure a strategic board agenda that keeps the board focused on the important matters during the meeting.

Focus only on those strategic items that matter

Do your meetings tend to get unfocussed or off-track, or are they a sound use of time, focusing on strategic items that move your organisation forward?

Provide your directors with clarity on what they should do with each paper, and reduce the amount of time wasted on ineffectual discussions. 

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.

You will also learn practical tips and actionable strategies for negotiating stakeholder alignment and building commitment to the organization’s success. Our expert presenters, Fiona McKenzie , and Steven Bowman will guide you through proven frameworks to identify key interests, mediate conflicts, and create a shared vision that resonates with all stakeholders. 

Whether you're a board member, executive, or team leader, this webinar will empower you to turn stakeholder challenges into opportunities for growth and strategic alignment.

How to establish an Adaptive Strategy and bring the board and organisation on the journey. 

As the rate of change increases and the world becomes more complex and uncertain, traditional strategy methods become less effective. Over the last few years new methods of creating and activating strategy have been developed. Adaptive strategy provides a new paradigm in strategic thinking. Using our experience with The Guardians of NZ Superannuation we will show how we co-created an Adaptive Strategy and how it influences and guides decision making.

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.

In today’s business world, boards must be agile, diverse, and prepared for future challenges. A skill matrix is a powerful tool that helps boards evaluate their current capabilities, identify gaps, and ensure they have the right mix of skills for long-term success.

This webinar will guide you through creating and utilising a skill matrix for director succession planning and onboarding. We will cover key elements such as identifying essential skills, assessing current directors, and planning for strategic recruitment and training.

This webinar is meticulously designed to illuminate what 'fit-for-purpose' governance really means in today's dynamic business environment. 
Dr Dean Blomson, supported by the panel, of Steven Bowman and Lisa Cook, will delve into why it is crucial for any organisation to develop a bespoke governance model that fits its unique needs, not generic, ‘one-size-fits-all’ governance. 
Dean will briefly touch on his research into new operating model constructs (shared in a previous session on 7 March 2024 – ‘Governance 4.0’); the key topics and questions the board and executive need to ask themselves (and answer) in order to determine what ‘fit-for-purpose’ means for them. 
Dean, together with the panel will be offering actionable suggestions for boards and executives.

Increasingly boards are in the frame when things go perilously wrong and people die.  Industrial manslaughter legislation exists in several jurisdictions putting the onus on directors to know how their compliance 'T's were crossed and 'I's dotted.  What they knew when and what they did with the information when they had it.  Could or should they have done more? Compliance requirements pervade all levels of an organisation and includes the maintenance of board policies, asking management for more information when required, and understanding the scope and extent of delegations.

This session won’t necessarily be able to answer all your questions, but it will be a start to how you might think differently about compliance being someone else’s responsibility.

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.

Difficult directors come in all shapes and sizes – some never listen to the opinions of others, some are aggressive, some barely fulfil their commitments. In all cases, a difficult director left unchecked will cause dysfunction, a lack of unity or otherwise impact the smooth operation of the board.

Dealing with these situations in a timely manner is imperative for the ongoing success of a board. This webinar will provide a framework so that you can confidently prepare for and engage in difficult – but constructive – conversations.

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.

How directors conduct themselves at the board table has a big influence on the success and effectiveness of meetings and thus on the performance of the organisations they serve.  Indiscretions can be small and aggravating or big and adversely influential from subverting good governance practice to blatant bullying and everything in between.  However everyone is responsible for their behaviour and should understand they will be called to account if the rules of engagement aren’t adhered to.

This session will address meeting etiquette, what it encompasses, the place of the code of conduct or board charter, and the role of the chair in setting and maintaining standards.

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14th August 2024