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30 Oct 2023

Exploring Governance – Part 3 Introducing ‘Ten Steps to Become a High Performing Board’

By David Levenson

In my experience, board members rarely discuss what is their own “why”, i.e. their purpose as a board. How can a board aspire to be high performing if the directors don’t know what they are there to do?

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According to governance expert Professor Bob Tricker: 

‘Corporate governance describes the way trust is shown, power exercised, and accountability achieved in corporate entities, for the benefit of their shareholders or members, other stakeholders, and society.’

In Ten Steps to Become a High Performing Board©, my starting point is to consider three foundational steps which impact on the dynamics of a board, what makes it tick and how it can meet Tricker’s definition of purpose…

Exploring Governance