Lab Description

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Good governance significantly reduces the threat of safety, legal, performance, and warranty issues that can affect your organization.
  • Strong and effective boards help ensure organizations can respond agilely to external environmental changes.

 

What is good governance? What are the duties, legal responsibilities, and ethics expected of board directors? How can your board respond agilely to external changes and make an impact? 

Dive into the essentials of board governance with Realize Strategies governance expert Jennifer Fong. With years of experience in collaborating with organizations to analyze the practice, people, and dynamics issues underlying their governance problems, as well as helping governance teams bring the solutions to life and increase their effectiveness, Jennifer will teach participants the "secrets" of effective governance practices and culture as well as workshop participant questions and scenarios.

Who is this for?

  • Current, new, or incoming directors

  • CEOs looking to better understand how to work with their boards

  • Human resources and organizational design specialists from the private or public sector

Benefits for you

  • Understand what is good governance and effective leadership

  • Evaluate the duties, legal responsibilities, and ethics expected of board directors

  • Align board and organizational purpose, vision, mission, and culture

  • Explore the relationship between the board and senior management

Instructor

All of our instructors are experts in their fields and practicing consultants, bringing you the latest insights and best practices grounded in research and current trends.

Jenn Fong

Consultant and Senior Instructor

Jenn Fong is a governance professional who takes a people- and purpose-driven approach to her work. Her expertise includes board and director evaluations, governance restructuring, and governance policy development among others. She explores her client’s pain-points with a collaborative mindset, analyzes the practice, people, and dynamics issues underlying their governance problems, and helps governance teams bring the solutions to life and increase their effectiveness. Jenn has helped a wide variety of clients including small, medium, and large not-for-profits, crowns, regulated professional bodies, as well as societies/associations.

Course topics

  • Understanding Governance

  • Board and Director Roles and Responsibilities

  • Key Governance Responsibilities

  • Board and Management

  • Culture and Dynamics

Interested in private training for your team?

We can also work directly with your teams one on one, in-person or digitally.

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