Give reasons
Explain why powers and responsibilities are allocated as they are, and what each governance arrangement is intended to achieve.
Services
Review, design, and implementation of governance arrangements, with advice tailored to your organisation’s needs
Governance reviews and accountability
Review governance arrangements and clarify responsibilities. Executive accountability work covers responsibility mapping, role statements, decision rights, escalation, and reporting arrangements.
- Focused governance reviews
- Governance and executive accountability framework design
- Delegations schedule development or review
Organisational policies
Develop and maintain organisational policy frameworks and policies that are clear, connected, and usable in the situations they are meant to govern.
- Policy review and targeted amendment
- Policy development
- Policy consolidation and simplification
- Policy registers and document control
Boards, committees, and decision-making
Connect committee responsibilities, meeting business, papers, and records to enable effective oversight and informed decisions.
- Committee terms of reference and work programs
- Decision papers and record templates
- Governance reporting design
Risk governance and compliance
Review risk oversight, reporting, and escalation arrangements, and map compliance obligations to responsibilities, controls, and evidence.
- Risk governance reviews
- Compliance obligations and control mapping
- Conflicts of interest, gifts and benefits arrangements
Higher education governance and assurance
Review academic governance and quality assurance arrangements. Registration and accreditation work covers readiness assessment, evidence review, and application preparation.
- Academic governance and quality assurance reviews
- Provider registration and course accreditation applications
Training, implementation, and ongoing advice
Help people apply agreed arrangements, introduce changes into everyday work, and maintain essential governance capacity.
- Applied governance training
- Implementation and application of governance arrangements
- Retained governance advice and scheduled reviews
- Committee secretariat services
Our approach
The square in our identity is a symbol to mark the end of a proof. It reflects our attention to the reasons and reasoning behind a conclusion. We examine how powers and responsibilities are organised, consider the alternatives, and explain our recommendations.
Consider alternatives and requirements
Compare credible options, including retaining current arrangements. Identify the conditions each option must meet, given the organisation’s purposes, obligations, and circumstances.
Make the reasoning clear
Connect evidence and assumptions to findings and recommendations. Examine the intermediate judgements on which a conclusion depends, and make uncertainty visible.
Draw clear conclusions
State what we recommend, why it is appropriate, and what would warrant reconsideration. Match the extent of change to the issue.
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