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1. Board Bingo
We all commit adequate time, prepare
properly by reading papers before meetings
and rarely miss meetings
We all feel able to speak at meetings, with
everyone encouraged to contribute and no
individuals allowed to dominate conversations
We have enough members to be both diverse
and effective, but not so many it impairs
decision making, and there’s no one in the room
who’s been around for more than a decade
I received the papers in advance, they focus
on the key issues and action that is being
taken, we all appear to have read them and we
can all understand them
We all act only in the organisation's interests,
conflicts of interest are identified and
managed. No hidden or personal agendas here!
At least a third of the Board are of another
gender and the board overall reflects the
diversity amongst our stakeholders
We’re making decisions collectively and, once
made, we’ll all actively support them, including
anyone who disagreed
I can’t see an elephant anywhere in the room
or, if I can, we’re all working as a team to get
it out of the room.
We’re focussing on the key issues and actively
debating these by positively challenging and
supporting the Senior Team