One of the most rewarding – and challenging – features of Australia’s not-for-profit sector is its diversity. With that diversity comes a...

Over a career of more than 40 years there has been ample opportunity to be involved in the making of some BIG decisions at Board level,...

Non Government Schools in Australia are at an interesting juncture at this time – increasing enrolment demand, higher costs, government...

Resolve has been engaged in both Board and Executive leadership coaching. When considering a coach for your own leadership journey, here...

A Board Retreat is one of those things that is so beneficial to an organisation, it’s Board and also to individual Board Members. Yet...

The Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission standards include the following standard "Accountability to members": " A charity...

A question we are often asked at Resolve is how often should we meet as a Board and for how long?   In a survey of Christian Schools from...

It has been an issue for quite some time for many schools to find sufficient, high quality Board members who are passionate about the...

When your Board is looking for its next board chair, reflect and consider the character of the people around the Board table and resist...

Boards, in our experience, find it naturally easier to default to operational mode than strategic mode in terms of the focus of their...

Board dysfunction can be a tricky topic - most of us can identify it but how do we fix it ? At Resolve we have summarised the following...

We certainly hope that we are now travelling in a post pandemic world, having spent the best part of 3 years being disrupted across all...

During a career spanning more than 30 years working across the schooling sectors, I’ve come across more than my fair share of good, bad...

Ensuring staff wellbeing is monitored and issues addressed in a timely and sensitive manner is a key leadership skill. It's easy for...

Have you found yourself appointed as a new Principal of a school community and are wondering what to do now ? School Principals...

The Problem All organisations have a culture that is impacted actively or inactively by the behaviours of people in the organisation, and...

A small, but key group of volunteers in any school are the members of the School Board. While Board Members are often seen as the...

One of the challenges for boards of Christian organisations, whether they be churches, Christian schools or some other type of Christian...

The Problem Over a career of almost 30 years in the Not for Profit (NFP) sector working with Schools, Churches and charities of all...