Description

Transform your board meetings with our webinar on modern agenda and minute formats. Learn how to meet legislative compliance, improve decision-making, and enhance board member satisfaction. Discover the benefits of a Resolutions Register and strategic work prioritization for more effective governance

Are your agendas and minutes time bombs for an unknown judge? Or are they effective governance tools that meet legislative compliance requirements and improve board members’ decision-making and satisfaction?

Are you still following the traditional agenda format despite conclusive research that a modern format improves board performance?

Do your directors know they are responsible for ensuring board proceedings and administration are compliant with legislation? Do they know what’s required?

Learn how agendas and minutes do/don’t

• satisfy legislative requirements (Schedule 3)
• provide constructive guidance for more effective meetings, accountability for progressing the actions and decisions made.

Learn how to set-up and use a Resolutions Register that can improve your board’s decision-making effectiveness and strategic perspective.

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

Learn to improve board performance, board member satisfaction with meetings and satisfy mandatory requirements without needlessly exposing the directors.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learn:

• Schedule 3 presumptive clauses and alternatives
• what should and should not go into agendas and 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 many benefits of 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/board secretary or advising the board on legislative compliance.

PRESENTER

Dr Karen Martyn, Governance Advisor,  DocMartyn Ltd

Karen Martyn immigrated to New Zealand in 1989.

She worked as a management consultant for a top tier management firm, then started teaching directors what they need to know about HR to govern safely, earned a PhD and Chartered Secretary qualification, taught governance for the IOD, the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance, Massey University’s MBA program, CCH webinars, and served as 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 published by CCH.