Governance by Design founding director Sonya Beyers discusses the role advisory boards can play in the future of good governance in Australia. This year, through a number of opportunities both in Australia and overseas, I have been learning about boardroom dynamics, governance influences that impede success, and drivers of effectiveness. What is apparent is that the operating environment that …
Governance by Design managing director Sonya Beyers is participating in the world-recognised INSEAD International Directors Programme, Module 1 of which includes a section on decision-making in the boardroom. Here, she shares some key takeaways in regards to decision-making for directors as individuals and boards as a whole, from the session she attended in Singapore. As directors, decision-making is at …
As directors, we take considerable time and effort to consider the powers and responsibilities of our position on a Board. However, successive Royal Commissions in Australia have presented evidence directors must also consider the power of their position through another lens – the power imbalance that exists between the boardroom and the most vulnerable people that Boards serve. Many a …
There’s an abundance of information available on and around ESG factors and the increasing responsibility of Boards to consider each element as part of their decision-making and leadership roles. However ESG remains a complex issue directors seem to be unsure of how to monitor and implement efficiently and effectively. Governance by Design’s managing director Sonya Beyers recently sat as a …
Australia’s new whistleblower laws are now in effect and by the beginning of next year (2020), certain organisations will be required to have a whistleblower policy in place. This legislation should be seen by directors as an opportunity to strengthen their organisation, and in-particular seen as a way of improving or protecting organisational culture. The saying might be ‘no news …
On the grounds of Harvard University in Boston, there’s a gate, built in 1890, which as you pass through it on entry, you’re greeted with the inscription: Enter to Grow In Wisdom As you walk back through the gate on the way out, a second inscription reads: Depart to Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind These sentiments summed up …
