Why residents need to truly understand the purpose of governance

Social housing residents’ lives are directly affected by the decisions made by around 10,000 board members whose job it is to oversee the management of their homes, writes David Levenson, founder of Coaching Futures.

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Governance is all around us. And although we might not know much about it, corporate governance leaves us cold. The issue is we don’t readily understand the purpose of governance, what it is and how we can relate to it.

But governance by its nature is everywhere – our workplaces, schools, shops, surgeries, hospitals, public services upon which our lives depend, and big businesses with which we interact daily, such as Google and Amazon. Our lives are being affected every day by decisions made by millions of people who serve on boards…

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