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Profitability down, as demand for directors’ skills ramps up

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 1st February 2023 - Directors are dedicating more time to meeting their board responsibilities. Directors’ skills are in demand on not for profit boards, a new report reveals. And not for profit directors…

The ESG obligation

Kaushik Sridhar, Thursday, 14th July 2022 - We’re seeing a new era of ESG compliance and it’s more important than ever for companies to have comprehensive ESG policies in place, writes Dr Kaushik Sridhar. Environmental,…

Is winding up on your board’s agenda? Maybe it should be.

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 7th March 2022 - “We can spend so much time responding to the immediate challenges, that in lots of ways, these urgent needs crowd out the really important strategic conversations that organisations…

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New ‘global brainstrust’ to put impact governance on the agenda

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 1st March 2022 - “The vision is that we can help more leaders and decision makers to engage positively with sustainability.” A group of pioneering impact leaders from around the world have joined …

The diversity deficit in our charity boards

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 17th February 2021 - “Too often members of charity boards are not from the communities the charities aim to support,” charity leader says. Canadian charity boards are facing an extreme diversity deficit,…

Health check your NFP governing document in 2021

Hannah Fraenkel, Wednesday, 27th January 2021 - COVID-19 has thrown up plenty of issues for charities and NFPs for how they operate during a pandemic. For many organisations it’s also exposed how out of date their governing documents…

Pivoting on a pinhead and keeping calm under pressure: NFP leaders share how they responded to COVID-19

Leon Cox, Thursday, 22nd October 2020 - Ahead of the upcoming Not-for-Profit Governance Forum on 13 November, Governance Institute hears from Movember and Brotherhood of St Laurence about how the sector has adapted, …

Navigating sector challenges and the disruption of the pandemic

Contributor, Thursday, 13th August 2020 - Micah Projects CEO Karyn Walsh shares some thoughts on how COVID-19 has impacted the not-for-profit sector, and what the sector’s leaders need to be thinking about. When talking …

Finding the right skills to ensure good governance

Contributor, Thursday, 6th August 2020 - Social enterprises and not for profits gain valuable skills, perspectives and enduring relationships through the non-financial support of their funding partners. For the past…

Purposeful governance: Getting the basics right for post-COVID sustainability

Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah, Tuesday, 28th July 2020 - Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah and Vivienne Cunningham-Smith consider the role of purposeful governance as an impetus for sector transformation and sustainability.

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Three changes affecting charity governance

Daryl Jones, Thursday, 2nd July 2020 - Over the last few months, a number of significant issues have been happening in the NFP sector. Daryl Jones from HLB Mann Judd Brisbane outlines some of the things you should be aware…

What role does the board play in government relations?

Neil Pharaoh, Wednesday, 17th June 2020 - The board should be monitoring the function, insight and leadership of government engagement through four lenses, writes Neil Pharaoh. In the social purpose sector two of the most…

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