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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is easy to underestimate the importance of the role of the Board Chair beyond simply making sure that the Board sticks to the agenda....

In a recent article by Joe Garecht from thefundraisingauthority.com seven strategies are offered to make board meetings more productive...

The world has changed forever, and will continue to change at a dizzying pace in the area of Information and Communication Technology....

“Change before you have to.” Jack Welch The generational handover of the sector — one not for profit organisation at a time — is well...

As Not for Profit consultants we have had the opportunity to be involved in a volunteer capacity to serve as a director on a number of...

One of the fastest emerging issues we see around Australia is that of Board renewal. For most organisations, gone are the days of having...

At times of governance crisis (sudden departure of a CEO, major change in direction, significant parent discontent etc.) a criticism...