Rewriting Governance 2025 - Peer Boards, Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors
1.25 CPD Hours
Description
Join us for this brand new, practical one-hour webinar where we will examine how to ensure your clients have the right people in the right governance roles.
For most business owners it is time to rewrite Governance!
Most owner-operated businesses in NZ invest little time and effort in implementing good governance in their businesses. For many the value is poorly understood and it’s is all too hard, too expensive and too time consuming. They don’t want to lose control of their business and they want to retain all decision-making authority.
Discover a new approach. Today there are a range of governance type systems that are more relevant, practical, affordable and easy to implement making them ideal for owner operated businesses. Plus, businesses can move from one to the next, mix and match, and change as their needs and business changes and grows.
It is a unique opportunity to expand your service portfolio, generate recurring revenue, learn new skills, build closer relationships with your clients and add more value to them.
In this introductory webinar learn:
- Different governance type systems that support good governance principles and disciplines.
- The differences between a Peer Board, an Advisory Board and a Board of Directors.
- How to identify and compare several different governance type systems, their role, benefits, costs, limitations, risks and application.
- Guidelines for deciding when to use which one, where and how to mix and match them in different business situations
- How to support clients to start implementing an appropriate governance system for them and their business.
- What practical governance looks like for owner-operated businesses
Delivered by Helen Down, Director of Advisory Boards New Zealand and Certified Board Facilitator for The Alternative Board. Helen will share many real-life examples of how different governance type structures are being used today to support thriving Kiwi businesses.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
This webinar will give professional service providers and business owners a comprehensive understanding of a more practical approach to governance.
Attendees will learn:
- Different governance type systems that support good governance principles and disciplines.
- The difference between a Peer Boards, Advisory Boards and a Boards of Directors.
- Guidelines for deciding when to use which one, where and how to mix and match them in different business situations
- How to support clients to start implementing an appropriate governance system for them and their business.
- What practical governance looks like for owner-operated businesses
- How to identify and compare several different governance type systems, their role, benefits, costs, limitations, risks and application.
- Determine which system is most appropriate and useful for different clients.
- How to provide advisory support to clients to establish and get started on implementing effective governance.
Professional service providers will also identify different governance opportunities for themselves with their clients, as part of extending their portfolio of advisory services.
SUITED TO
This practical webinar is ideal for:
- Professional services people and business owners who are looking for an innovative approach to achieve long term business success. innovative, practical, cost effective and truly effective business governance type leadership systems to support long term business success.
- Accountants and lawyers who provide advice to business owners around business growth, strategy, risk, governance, and operational issues.
- Business professionals and advisors who could provide services to business owners as an Advisor, an Independent Director, or on an Advisory Board or
- Business professionals, executive managers, business owners and CEOs of small, medium and large companies who are interested in offering their services to other businesses in a governance type role.
- Business consultants and coaches who are looking for a new service offering for their clients to help them respond in this challenging economic climate.
- Independent directors and chairs who are interested in adding new services to their Governance portfolio
- Current and potential advisory board members or directors.
PRESENTER
Helen Down, Director, Advisory Boards NZ
Helen Down is a professional Independent Director, Founder of Advisory Boards New Zealand and Board Facilitator/ Executive Coach with The Alternative Board. Helen is passionate about the value that good governance principles, process and disciplines can bring to kiwi owner-operated businesses. Helen believes that supporting business owners to put in place the right type of practical and effective governance system can have a powerful and transformative impact on their long-term success and sustainability.