Description

Modern meeting process to guide better decision-making.

Are your agendas and minutes time bombs for an unknown judge? Or are they effective governance tools that meet legislative compliance requirements?

Are you still following the traditional agenda format despite conclusive evidence that a modern format improves decision-making?

Do your directors make inconsistent decisions and discuss the same issues repeatedly?

Learn how agendas and minutes serve two key purposes:

• Satisfying the legislative requirements, and
• Providing constructive guidance for more effective meetings, and accountability of those responsible for progressing the actions and decisions made at those meetings.

Learn how to set-up a resolutions register that can instantly improve your boards decision-making effectiveness and strategic perspective.

Learn how and when to get the strategic work addressed before routine, administrative compliance tasks.

Templates and simple, practical how to guidance that will improve board performance and satisfy mandatory requirements without needlessly exposing the directors.

ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE

29 August 2024

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• What should and should not go into agendas and minutes
• The difference between approval, verification and confirmation of the minutes
• The problems (and solutions) for minutes of narration and minutes of resolution
• The problems associated with in camera minutes
• How the agenda and the minutes can drive accountability and performance
• Traditional vs modern agenda order of items
• The usefulness of maintaining the resolutions register

SUITED TO 

This webinar is targeted at SME directors and executives (whether commercial or NFP), lawyers, accountants and anyone acting as company secretary or advising the board on legislative compliance.

PRESENTER

Dr Karen Martyn, Governance Advisor, DocMartyn Ltd

Karen Martyn moved to New Zealand from sunny southern California.
She has worked as a management consultant for a top tier accounting firm, taught governance for the IOD for eight years, for the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance for six years and for Massey University for one year, and acted as a company secretary and governance advisor for societies, trusts and companies.
She edited and contributed four chapters to Corporate Governance – A Practical Handbook, a governance book filled with templates, guidelines and examples for SMEs.