Governance Leadership: Achieving Excellence + Coaching

pivotal: "vitally important in determining outcome, progress or success"

"The work Sheryl has done with board members is working… it’s no longer theory but starting to be put into practice!”

Board Chairman

"Sheryl’s also very good on time. She keeps to time and covers everything off. She’s not frightened to dump stuff though – she’ll go along with what’s happening for the group and deal with whatever comes up.”

Board Chairman

"Take facilitation – I feel like I can sit down with Sheryl for 10 to 15 minutes and portray something and the results will come across [from Pivotal]. It doesn’t soak up a lot of time [talking to Pivotal] and Pivotal is very outcome-orientated. I like that about them.”

Chief Executive

“That fresh attitude…it invigorates us to do other things, to look at things differently. Sheryl pulls your head out of the sand!”

Chief Executive

“After a few years in business I was going around in circles. I just needed some new input and Sheryl was the one to give me that. What with the long hours I was working I never had time to think. I got into the same trap as I had in my earlier businesses. I sat down with Sheryl and it seemed like I could start working less hours and getting more money! I followed her advice to the ‘t’. I had been working IN my business not ON it. I couldn’t believe it!”

Business Owner

This service has qualified for the NZTE Capability Development Voucher Scheme, and is eligible for voucher redemption.

To meet the diverse requirements of governance boards, this workshop is customised in content, duration and format to meet the priority needs of an individual board of directors/trustees or a cluster of boards or directors/trustees with requirements in common.

Sound governance is essential to business growth and development. This action learning workshop will build on directors’/trustees’ existing skills and the board’s governance priorities will determine the focus of the workshop content.

The units comprising this workshop have a particular focus on the roles and responsibilities of directors, board members and trustees and on governance documentation. The content may include:

Roles and responsibilities of highly effective boards

Selecting, orienting and engaging individual board members
Building a cohesive board
Governing versus managing
Appointing the CEO/manager
Building an effective relationship with the CEO/manager
Monitoring and governing company performance
Assessing and managing CEO/manager performance
Setting the Board agenda

Making expectations explicit: Effective governance documentation

Defining and documenting strategic direction
Developing a policy framework
Determining annual objectives, strategies and priorities
Agreeing performance targets
Deciding what should be regularly reported to the Board
Setting clear expectations for board agenda papers

Following the workshop coaching will be available to support the directors/trustees and their chief executive/manager as they put their new skills into practice. This coaching may include:

Provision of one-to-one coaching support for the Chair as he/she supports the Board to strengthen their governance capability and effectiveness
Provision of one-to-one coaching support for the Chief Executive/Manager as he/she seeks to implement new documentation and other governance requirements resulting from the training

Attending Board meetings in a coaching capacity to support directors/trustees put their new skills into practice at the Board table

Duration (sessions/hours)
This workshop is customised to individual Board requirements.
It can be delivered as a one or two day workshop or delivered in modules in association with a board’s regular meetings.
A new board would receive tremendous value from all directors/trustees participating in a 2 day action learning workshop using the opportunity to develop or refine the way in which they will work together.
The duration of the coaching will depend on client requirements.

Please contact us for more information

Back to Governance