One Question Podcast O'BRIEN Governance Design

Over this series of podcasts, we’ve tried to emphasise how corporate governance can work for the organisation, rather than being a series of external requirements. Here we think about the purpose and objectives of organisations, and how applying governance codes could help organisations to achieve their purpose.

Asking questions is an essential function of the Board. When difficult and unexpected issues arise, those questions can become critical. Here we talk about some of the questions that the Board might want to have at hand.

In our last episode, we talked about the Board’s engagement in the development of strategy. Here, we expand that topic by considering its oversight of progress against that strategy.

The strategy should drive the business of the organisation, but sometimes it’s not as helpful as it might be. In this episode, we talk about how the Secretary can support the Board’s effective oversight of strategy development.

This episode talks about the need to connect the Board’s consideration of risk with the achievement of its strategic objectives.

Boards need to be externally evaluated every 3 years under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. This podcast helps the Secretary to prepare the Board for that external evaluation.