Write to govern – for better senior management and board reporting

Badly written board papers are difficult to read, but more importantly, poor writing often equates to shoddy thinking, which can lead to ill-informed decisions.

Mary Morel, The M Factor Pty Ltd, works with organisations to improve the written quality of their board papers.

Improve the quality of your board papers

Write to govern services include:

• Training executives how to write better board papers
   
• Reviewing and refining templates, writing guidelines and style guides
   
• Working with the senior executives on specific papers, such as occupational health and safety reports
   

The power of good writing

Mary Morel has been working with words her entire career, but now specialises in working with board papers and developing online writing courses.

Her recent clients include Mirvac, Ryde Council, NSW Procurement, Tourism Australia, Translink and Queensland Rail. She regularly runs public courses for Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) in Sydney and Melbourne and contributes articles to CSA's journal, Keeping good companies.