What good governance looks like.
Why governance goes wrong and how you can take steps to avoid it happening.
If it does happen what you can do to address the problem.
Andy Burman, Representative of The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians
http://www.associationscongress.com/ie
5. The way the rules, actions and behaviours
within an organisation are overseen, managed
or controlled
In terms for professional and membership
associations -
Governance is the responsibility Trustees or
Directors have of exercising control over the
aims or purpose of the organisation to deliver
outcomes for those who the organisation
serves.
7. Provides entrepreneurial leadership
Provides direction for management
Makes well informed, high quality decisions
Creates the right ethical culture and
framework
Embraces change
Values self appraisal and critical review, and
Is NOT a comfortable or easy place to be.
8. CEOs in post for more than 4 years
The contribution of non-executive directors
No more than 12/13 on a Board
Board appraisal
Quality measurement of Board effectiveness
Focussing on strategy and not operations
The number of women (i.e. more than a token
number)
9. Manchester Business School
Financial Reporting Council
NHS Monitor (UK)
McKinsey
HM Government – Committee on Standards in Public
Life
Third Sector Magazine
NCVO
ACEVO
11. CASSIUS Did Cicero say any thing?
CASCA Ay, he spoke Greek.
CASSIUS To what effect?
CASCA (I don’t know)… but those
that understood him smiled at
one another and shook their
heads; but, for mine own part,
it was Greek to me.
Julius Caesar,Act 1, Sc. 2
12. ‘I suit the action to the word, the
word to the action‟
Hamlet,Act 3 Scene 2
13. "The better part of valour is
discretion".
King Henry IV Part I
(Act V, Scene IV)
17. “I am as constant as the northern star,
of whose true fixed and resting quality
there is no fellow in the firmament.”
Julius Caesar
18.
19. “To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ‟tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?”
Hamlet,Act 3, Scene 1
20. “Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice,
Take each man‟s censure, but reserve thy
judgment.”
Hamlet
21.
22. Induction and CPD
Have clear role descriptors for Directors and
Trustees with performance standards
Appraise Directors and Trustees
Benchmark against your competitors and
your friends
Review how you are doing against your
strategic plan and public aims, do not be
afraid of change
23. Give clear guidance to Directors and Trustees
Have a code of conduct
Do not be afraid to learn
Adopt best practice
Do not reinvent the wheel
Use the resources you have to the best of their
ability
Focus on Director behaviour above all…?
24. „We will make amends ere long…‟
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,Act 5,Scene 1
25. Undertake an independent review
Have a peer support network in place
Ask your colleagues what happened in
similar situations
Use your Code of Conduct and apply it!
Learn, change and implement new ideas to
prevent it happening again
Find receptive ears on your Board, create
allies