Best Governance Practices
Best governance practices fundamentally revolve around the principles of transparency, accountability, participation, and adherence to the rule of law. Strengthening these facets can foster greater trust in institutions, reduce the potential for malpractice, and improve overall public service delivery.
Transparency involves ensuring information is readily available to those who need it and in a comprehensible format. It is crucial for informed decision-making and building public trust. Similarly, accountability ensures that individuals and organisations are held responsible for their actions. This necessitates robust systems for monitoring and evaluation.
Meanwhile, participation is the notion that all stakeholders should have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. This could be through consultation, community engagement or even full-blown democratic processes. Adherence to the rule of law requires that all actions and decisions are taken according to a set of established laws or regulations. Not only does this foster consistency and fairness, but it also reduces opportunities for arbitrary or unfair decision-making.
Continually striving for good governance using these principles can lead to more effective and efficient organisations, fairer societies, and improved overall performance. They are as relevant in corporate governance as in government, and can create an environment in which everyone can flourish.
In our thought provoking Board Evaluation paper, you’ll discover:
✓ Why a Board evaluation is critical to the performance of an organisation.
✓ What are the core elements that make up the scope of an effective Board evaluation.
✓ A powerful approach that will build commitment to drive action within your organisation.
We help your Board get under the skin of what steps they need to take to provide maximum value to the business.
Our approach builds commitment and ownership, is relevant to the needs of your organisation and is inclusive, giving a voice to all Board members and key stakeholders.
The Mightywaters Team
The Mightywaters Team has considerable experience in working with Boards. They developed the GIFT® framework through understanding the areas that drive Board effectiveness. They work across sectors and different governance codes, and often with organisations with unusual or complex shareholding / stakeholder arrangements.
Anna Withers
Founder and Director
Anna focuses on the psychology and neuroscience of work, providing specialist expertise in one-to-one coaching, counselling and conflict resolution, and in the use and interpretation of psychometric tools. She has a particular interest in decision making and in helping individuals and teams make better decisions.
Mark Withers
Founder and Director
Mark brings nearly four decades of business experience and works at the most senior organisational levels, helping leaders tackle their tough people and organisational challenges. He is also a highly skilled facilitator who is able to create environments that enable groups and teams of all sizes to collaborate, innovate, create and decide more effectively.
Does your Board have untapped potential?
Withers, A. (2019). Does your Board have untapped potential?. Ethical Boardroom, Autumn Issue.
A board effectiveness evaluation that gets under the skin of what’s working well and what’s getting in the way of peak performance is the perfect vehicle to help boards unlock this potential. But what does an effective board evaluation look like? Read Anna’s article published in Ethical Boardroom and find out why and how to conduct a board evaluation and the conditions for success.
