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Introduction

The aim of this governance development session is to:

conduct a review of the performance of the board or management committee
assess how well it has been doing its job
identify any improvements that can be made.

Ideally, this development session should be facilitated by a person with a good understanding of the governance role and governance performance review. This may be an experienced person within the organisation or an external facilitator.

Timing of this program:

2.5 hours

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