Governance Without Bureaucracy and Disempowerment:
how to ensure proper controls without getting in people's way

Abstract

"Governance" means all the processes that coordinate and control an organization's resources and actions. Its scope includes ethics, resource-management processes, accountability, and more.

Governance can be implemented in a narrow and potentially harmful way: as oversight through committees and auditors. The results are generally bureaucratic, imposing convoluted approval processes on already-burdened organizations. Heavy-handed top-down controls squelch entrepreneurship, bog organizations down, and drive administrative costs up.

As an alternative to oversight, leaders can adjust the signals within an organization so that people automatically do the right things in the first place. This systemic approach creates an environment where staff are empowered and entrepreneurial, yet behaviors and resources are controlled and well coordinated.

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This one-day briefing will help your leadership team understand the full scope and implications of corporate governance, and exactly what's involved in implementing it systemically.

Outline

* Definition and scope of concept

- Ethics and other behaviors

- Resources

- Accountability

- More

* Systemic approach versus oversight

* What benefits to expect

* Components: why, what, and how to implement them

1. Culture

2. Structure and Workflows

3. The Internal Economy (Resource Management)

4. Methods and Tools

5. Metrics and Rewards

* Sequencing the components into a plan

* Facilitated discussion: next steps

Contact us to discuss your specific interests and requirements.