Welcome To
The Governance Group
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Our approach to board governance enables and elevates you.
A Strategic Approach
We create a fun and collaborative environment with our clients, as we lead you through proven processes and tools so that you can gain significant knowledge, experience, and exposure to the current best practices in effective board governance.
Growth
Best Practices
Our ‘Governance Best Practice’ approach and ‘Leadership Centred Governance Model’ is based on the principles and practices of highly effective non-profit boards across British Columbia and throughout North America. The methodology, training materials and tools are all anchored in tried and tested fundamentals which have been developed over the past four decades.
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Our mission is to improve the performance of non-profit organizations.
Working together with our clients we ensure that non-profit boards of Directors, Board Chairs, CEO’s and Executive Directors more fully understand their roles and responsibilities in executing the valuable work that they do. We highlight and reinforce the notion that boards need to focus on setting direction and ‘steering’ where the boat is going, and chief executives need to focus on ‘rowing’ the boat in that chosen direction.
News & Updates
A Year in Review
Celebrating milestones, partnerships & what’s ahead As another busy year at The Governance Group wraps up, it’s the perfect time to look back at where we’ve been and get excited about where we’re going! From celebrating a major milestone to expanding our tools,...
In-Camera Board Meetings
What they are and when to call one Despite its name, an in-camera meeting isn’t about being in the spotlight. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. The phrase in camera comes from Latin and translates literally to “in chambers,” but it carries the meaning “in private.”...
The Consent Agenda
What it is and how it works Many Board meeting agendas include a long list of routine items such as previous minutes,correspondence, committee reports, the Chair and CEO reports. These items often take up much of the meeting without meaningfully advancing the Board’s...