Trustees - can't work with them or without them
A day on the basics of good governance facilitated by Wild Goose Consulting and Livability.
This day was held in Leeds on 31 January and London on 22 February.
The facilitators were:
Ruth Smith:
rsmith@livability.org.uk
Neil Casey:
neil.casey@wildgooseconsulting.co.uk
Materials from the day
Three key questions for every board of trustees:
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The strategic planning question
“What services, to which people, in which places, with what resources, in which order of priority?”
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The success question
“How do we know whether we are being successful?”
This then links to the key performance indicator elements, the evidence that tells enough of the story to give us confidence that we are being successful or not.
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The organisational health question
“How do we know whether we have the things in place that will enable us to be successful?”
This links to the critical success factors elements, monitoring to ensure they are all in place, and that there is a clear plan of action to bring them into place if they aren’t.
For more help and advice visit:
Trustees Unlimited:
www.trustees-unlimited.co.uk
Trustee Bank:
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/trusteebank and
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/governanceandleadership
ICSA (The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators)
www.icsa.org.uk/resources#
What the delegates said at the Leeds and London events:
- In London, 100% of the delegates said the day left them feeling better equipped and sure it would help them in their work.
- Delegates were asked to rate how well they felt they understood good governance before and after the training. On
a scale of one to five, Leeds delegates rated themselves on average at 2.8 at
the beginning of the day. By the end of the day the average rating had gone
up to 4.2.
The information was very relevant for my work. I learnt a lot from the whole day.
Very pertinent and relevant. Spot on in identifying the need and responding with this course.
Engaging and enjoyable training that is ‘actionable’. Thank you.
All excellent input – really helpful and thought-provoking.