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Articles on Governance and Leadership in Purpose Driven Organisations.
Governance
Gavin Nicholson on Handling Complexity in Board Decision Making
In this video, on handling complexity in board decision-making Gavin Nicholson – Associate Professor at the QUT Business School – examines how decision-making processes can help to tackle significant complexity in matters considered by the board. Transcript This is a very abstracted kind of decision that I’ve got here. But I really wanted to make the point that you can have all the information in the group and still make a bad decision, depending upon how you make the decision, the actual process.
Gavin Nicholson
Reshaping the Board’s Role in Organisational Culture
Culture is a crucial driver of any organisation’s success and a critical lever in its performance. It shapes and influences an organisation’s internal environment, as well as its interactions with and success in the external environment. In an organisation, culture is the way people behave, what they believe, and the values they hold – on the whole generally without thinking about any of it. These behaviours, beliefs and values are passed through the organisation via communication and imitation, from one employee, volunteer or even director to the next.
Raphael Goldsworthy
Gavin Nicholson on Why Processes Really Matter
In this video, Gavin Nicholson – Associate Professor at the QUT Business School – examines how testing underlying assumptions and instituting better processes can subvert poor decision-making. Transcript This is a very abstracted kind of decision that I’ve got here, but I really wanted to make the point that you can have all the information in the group and still make a bad decision, depending upon how you make the decision, the actual process.
Board Dynamics
Why Miscommunication Happens Among Directors
In the game Pass the Message, the first person in a group whispers a secret message to the second, who in turn whispers it to the third. This goes on down the chain until the message reaches the last person. More often than not, hilarity ensues when the last person announces the message they received because at this point, the original message already evolved, making it significantly different in amusing ways.
Wan Lik Lee
Planning for the Election: Government Relations for Not-for-Profits
Engaging with the government can be a difficult feat for Not-for-Profits, given the pressures of budgets and resources in today’s operating environment. But with the Australian Federal Election scheduled this year, now is a better time than ever to rise to the challenge and start (if you haven’t already) engaging with our nation’s representatives. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you kick-start and manage your organisation’s government engagement efforts for this election year:
Jo Scard
Board Recruitment
Could You Do with a Lawyer on Your Board?
Statistics from America suggest two interesting things about board membership: A lawyer/director increases an organisation’s value by 9.5%; and The number of lawyer/directors in America has doubled in recent times But if you have a lawyer on your board, what’s your experience? The reality is that any good board member needs to perform to the five governance commandments: Be able to contribute to strategy See opportunities and threats Be willing to challenge management Make decisions, not just express views Be clear thinkers with good judgement Lawyers, or even accountants or retired politicians don’t have a mortgage on these qualities.
Brian Herd
Leadership
3 Sources of Purpose Creation
In this video, Aaron Hurst – CEO & Co-Founder of Imperative and author of The Purpose Economy – outlines three primary aspects of purpose creation and how they can be utilised within your organisation
Aaron Hurst
Robust Strategic Leadership in Greater Need than Ever
An awakening to current economic realities and the search for efficiencies by state and federal governments has triggered a period of transformational reform – spurring leaders of non-profit organisations to reassess the viability of their models and make a raft of critical strategic decisions. Recent policy changes, such as the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), have had far-reaching effects, impacting large well-established organisations as well as a variety of smaller operations.
Sheena McKinnon
Strategy & Risk
Darren Fittler on Knowing Your Organisation’s Purpose
In this video, Darren Fittler – Lawyer at Gilbert + Tobin – discusses the strategic value of understanding your organisation’s purpose, not just what your organisation does. Darren facilitated a workshop entitled “Never Forget Your Purpose…Ever!” at the Better Boards Conference 2015. See more speakers like Darren at the Better Boards Conference.
Darren Fittler
Aaron Hurst on Creating Purpose
In this video, Aaron Hurst – CEO & Co-Founder of Imperative and author of The Purpose Economy – outlines the value to individuals and organisations of finding and creating purpose in your work. Transcript (Auto-Generated) It’s up to you to create that purpose. It’s not about getting to some level, some amount of money purpose is your choice, we need to let go of these three myths and realise purpose is not about a cause you don’t need a non-profit or charity to give you purpose you don’t need to get struck by lightning and you don’t need to have a certain amount of money or title to deserve or develop purpose once we let go of those everyone has ability and access to purpose and this matters because it’s tied to how long you live people who work and live with purpose live longer and their well-being is higher and in studies we’re now doing with companies like LinkedIn we’re finding people who work a purpose are higher performers than those who aren’t.