ADVANCED GOVERNANCE WEBINAR
How to be a Great Chair (Board or Committee)
Tuesday 14th May 2024
A combination of presentation, participant discussion and lots of real life examples.
Join us for a 90-minute webinar where Steven Bowman and Brendan Walsh will share insights from their experience as CEOs, Board Chairs, and as trusted external advisors to Boards across Australia and internationally.
In this webinar, we will cover the following:
- Who owns the Agenda? (Hint: The Chair does.)
- What does a good Chair do?
- The legal powers of the Chair – most don’t know this!
- Structuring Board agendas
- Keeping Board discussions on track
- Making sure the right things are being measured and reported
- Using the Annual Board work plan
- Strategically working with Board Committees
- Relationship with CEO, including CEO appraisals
- Ensuring Board reports are concise and focused
- Creating and monitoring the culture of the Board and organisation
- Managing the annual Board evaluation process
- Stories from the trenches…Dealing with Director behaviour
- Other topics as raised on the day.
Multiple templates and examples will be provided as part of this program.Â
Also included in the registration fee is a one-hour consultation with Conscious Governance (one session per organisation) to discuss any questions or issues you or your organisation may have on the topic of 'How To Be A Great Chair'.
DETAILS
Date: Tuesday 14th May, 2024
via Zoom
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30Â PM AEST
Group pricing applies for two or more participants registering from the same organisation.
For groups of four or more please email [email protected]
PRICE
Brendan Walsh
For more than three decades, Brendan has been a passionate and inspired contributor to nonprofits in Australia. His substantial experience includes roles as Senior Executive, CEO, Director and Board Chair of a number of highly successful and strategically focussed organizations.
He has worked in community and social enterprises, as well State and Local Governments. He has also spent close to a decade in private sector consulting roles in nonprofit and healthcare strategy, and including ICT. Brendan has a passion for transforming organisations to better support the people and communities they serve.
He also has interest and experience in helping organisations to identify and seize opportunities for alliances, partnerships and when appropriate, mergers. He has direct experience in mergers that led to creation of a national alliance of disability support providers. The alliance and members now deliver supports of close to $1.6b AUD, Australia wide.
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Steven Bowman
Steven Bowman is renowned for his extensive knowledge and global experience.
Steven is a seasoned Board adviser, with a great depth of experience and skill facilitating Board reviews and the strategic planning process. He has held numerous senior executive, CEO and Board positions with some of the most prestigious organisations in the USA and Australia, as well as authoring and co-authoring over 14 books on governance, strategy, risk and executive leadership. He has also steered and managed various mergers in his role as CEO of a number of nonprofits.
Acknowledged as a pioneer in the field of strategic awareness, Steven has built a reputation around the world as an adviser who empowers his clients by offering multiple perspectives on any given challenge.