The course will start at 9:00 and finish at 17:00. Time has been given for breaks throughout the day.
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How to get the most out of meetings
- The annual calendar of board business and the forward planner
- Meetings: preparation and agenda setting
Group work: Exercise
- At the meeting: issues that arise
- The purpose and legal standing of board packs/document discovery and confidentiality aspects
- Ensuring board papers are ‘fit for purpose’ to facilitate good decision making
- Using IT effectively in board processes
Resume
- Minutes of meetings; written resolutions and minute logs; access to minutes
- Document retention and document retention policies
Common problem areas
- Meetings organisation and set up arrangements
- Unclear roles and responsibilities
- Time management
- Meeting behaviours
The importance of information flows
- Meeting type: how best to support them
- Defining the purpose of the meeting, agenda setting and management
- Dealing with routine and non-routine items
- Getting the most out of pre-meetings with key participants
- Circulating board papers/timing/method/equivalence of information
The company secretary and shareholders
- Articles of Association; shareholder agreements; AGM's and GM's
- Changing nature of stakeholder relationships
- Share registration and dividend issues
- The concept of 'Stewardship'
Conclusions and round up
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