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Building NFP Governance That Scales with Mike Gonski, Chair, ReachOut Australia & Carriageworks


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"In smaller organisations, I prefer a board director on my board who will err towards being more hands-on than hands-off." - Mike Gonski


Mike Gonski, Chair of ReachOut Australia and Carriageworks and partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, challenges conventional governance wisdom about board size and director involvement. He explains why he prefers larger boards where directors actively contribute their expertise rather than maintaining strict separation between board and management. Mike shares practical approaches for preventing director overreach, knowing when to move conversations offline, and why smaller NFPs genuinely need hands-on board contributions to fill capability gaps.

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