by Mary Morel | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog
Directors care about risk because if things go wrong, the consequences can be dramatic and long-lasting. Just think about the impact of the Australian census website crashing on census night, and the fallout from VW’s emission failure. All organisations share some...
by Mary Morel | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
The background statement in a board paper is often seen as the easiest section of a paper to write because the information is factual and historical. But when you look more closely into what’s required in a background section, it’s not as easy as it seems. The main...
by Mary Morel | Jul 18, 2016 | News
You can listen to several podcasts about boards in my online course, Write to Govern.
by Mary Morel | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog
By Mary Morel | July 2016 Everyone wants to read concise board reports and papers, but lately I have noticed an over-emphasis on length as a criterion. For instance, I have heard about one board telling management to reduce its board pack by two-thirds, and another...
by Mary Morel | Jun 14, 2016 | News
So many secretariat teams waste their precious time formatting papers and correcting grammar and style issues. Why not refresh your templates and guidelines and push the responsibility back on writers to use them better? Good templates encourage writers to place key...