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Recruiting and developing a High Performance Board
Neil Casey – Wild Goose Consulting
Global Connections Chairs Forum – 13th June 2011
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Governance - definitions
“The systems and processes concerned with the overall direction, effectiveness, supervision and accountability of an organisation” –
Good Governance: A Code for the Community and Voluntary Sector
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The characteristics of high performance boards
Support – encourage, enable, celebrate
Stretch – challenge and improve
Scrutiny – examination and accountability
Stewardship – guardianship of the assets
Strategy – listening and having courage
High Support
High Challenge
Julia Unwin’s 5 S model
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Governance Responsibilities
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Recruited to Govern
Trustees are recruited to govern the organisation, not manage
BUT
Where do you start? Do people understand the governance role?
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The Recruitment Process
Skills and perspectives audit based on organisational needs, especially ability to be strategic and generative
Succession planning
Application pack
Job Description
Person specification
code of conduct
Appointment process Committee Interview Recommendation to the Board/appointment body
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Induction
What it means to be a trustee of the organisation
Understand the governance model
Expectations of the role – legal, commitment, training and learning, non-management
Organisation’s finances
Organisation’s policies
Governance Manual
Who with CEO, trustees, staff, volunteers, stakeholders, beneficiaries
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Keeping the board effective
On-going development of trustees
Mutual Accountability
External input to Board
Terms of office linked to succession planning
A “career path” for trustees Champions Mentoring Committee membership Vice Chair and Chair succession
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Global Connections seminar
Recruiting - and retaining – trustees
Case Study
Presentation by David Parry
(Chair of The Leprosy Mission
International)
13 June 2011
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Overview of presentation
1. Constitutional context
2. Nomination
3. Induction
4. Retention
5. Some issues
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1. Constitutional context
• Memorandum and Articles
• Officers [4]
• Field representatives [5]
• Funding representatives [5]
• Independents [2]
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2. Nomination arrangements
• Governance Committee
• Call for nominations from across the world
• Template for nominations
• Self-declared skills against skills matrix
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2.1 Template for nominations
• Personal details, history, occupation and
key responsibilities
• Christian background
• Involvement in mission or TLM’s ministry
• What would be your major contribution to
the TLMI Board?
• Skills or Experience Self Assessment
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2.2 Skills matrix [a]
Each agency needs to develop a specific skills
matrix, based on agency vision, values and strategy.
• Church Mission and Theology
• Networks with other mission groups
• Technical – Development
• Technical – Leprosy
• Research or Evaluation and Monitoring
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2.3 Skills matrix [b]
• Financial Management
• Legal understanding
• Human Resources
• Promotion and Marketing
• Leadership and Management
• Personal experience of leprosy
• Experience on governing boards
• Other – please specify
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3. Induction arrangements
• Half-day induction
• Governance Manual
• Chair and General Director involved
• Organisational
• Procedural
• Mentor/buddy system
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3.1 Governance Manual
• Vision, Strategy and Structure
• Governing instruments
• TLMI Board
• TLMI policies
• Supplementary information
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4. Retention arrangements
• Agenda construction
• Self-evaluation against Board-agreed
criteria
• Self-evaluation against Charity
Commission criteria
• Informal contact/prayer between meetings
• One-to-one interactions at each meeting
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4.1 Agenda construction
Agendas are not about reports, but about keeping up
to date with external issue and making strategy a key
item
• Strategic
• Operational
• Educational
• Reflective
• Devotional
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4.2 Internal self-evaluation
• Spiritual
• Contextual
• Core values
• Educational
• Interpersonal
• Analytical
• Political
• Strategic
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4.3 External self-evaluation
1. Clear about purpose and direction
2. A strong Board with clear skills
3. Fit for purpose and understanding purpose
4. Learning and improving
5. Financially sound and prudent
6. Accountable and transparent [Hallmarks of an effective charity]
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5. Key Issues
• Accountability
– To whom is your Board accountable?
• Beneficiaries
– Who benefits from decisions made by your
Board?
• Relevance
– How do you know your Board/organisation is
still relevant?