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ELGP Online Materials

Welcome to the Emerging Leaders in Governance Program Online Materials

On the right hand side you will find all the key documents for the program. Below, you will find all the workshop readings, preparation and reflection activities. If you have any questions, please phone (0413 565 338) or email (alicia@alyceum.com.au) Alicia Curtis.

Unconventions - Complimentary Access

As a ELGP participant this year, you are given complimentary access to the two Unconventions.  The next one will be held on the 29 March and you can register soon.

 

PROGRAM OUTLINE
SiteVisits
Program Challenge

Workshop: Emerging Leaders in Governance Program Launch

Date: 2 February   Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

Meet Community Partners and Alumni at a breakfast launch of the program. You'll be invited to share 30 seconds about who you are and why you applied for the program.

** You will also have your photo taken with a professional photographer in the morning for your profile photo for all the ELGP collateral.

Get to know the Community Partners

Take a moment to look through the list of Community Partners - have you heard of any of them? Do you know what they do? Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to interact with many of the Community Partner and it would be beneficial for you to know a little about them when you meet and chat with them.

Program Launch: Reading

  • What’s in it for me? The highs and lows of joining a community Board
  • Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations

Program Launch: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
What are your intentions for completing the program?
You will be asked to share 30 seconds about who you are and your interest in Boards and the community sector at the breakfast launch.

Workshop Reflections
What were your first impressions of the program, Community Partners and the participants?
What commitments are you making to make the most of this program?

 

Workshop: Program Overview and NFP Boards Overview

Date: 9 February  Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

Let's go through the program, clarify expectations, roles, responsibilities and timeframes.

We will also start to explore the NFP board landscape and what types of board roles are available. We will go through the key roles of a board director and assess where your strengths lie.  We also explore your current networks and how you can utilise networking and mentoring to get your first board role.

Sector Overview: Reading

  • Background to the not-for-profit sector
  • NFP Governance and Performance Study 2021

Sector Overview: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
What do you know about the aged care and community sector?
How big is it?
How many people are employed?
How many board members are needed?
What are the most pressing issues for the aged care and community sector?
After the reading, reflect on the questions that you have about the NFP sector for our guest experts.

Workshop Reflections
What were the issues, challenges and priorities you knew about and which ones didn’t you know about?
What skills, knowledge and networks could you bring to a board that would be useful with the current challenges and priorities facing the NFP sector?
What draws you in to contribute to the NFP sector at a Board level?

Workshop Notes - download PDF here.

Workshop: About the Not-For-Profit Sector

Date: 16 February  Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

This workshop will explore the NFP landscape.  You will also get to meet some key senior leaders of the Aged Care and Community NFP Sector as we have a discussion about the state of the NFP sector.

Guests include Corina Martin, CEO, Aboriginal Legal Services, Kath Snell, CEO United Way WA and Justine Colyer, CEO RISE.

About NFP Boards: Reading

  • An overview of the Community Sector - Our Community
  • Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations

Useful links

  • Pro Bono Australia
  • Third Sector
  • TED Talk: Dan Pallotta - The way we think about charity is wrong

Board Responsibilities: Workshop Reflections

Preparation

Why do you want to serve on a board?

What would be your ideal community board role?
What networks can you pull on to start actively pursuing a board role?
Reflect on your most effective mentoring and networking experiences. What made them so?
Who do you ask for considered feedback?  How often?  Consider how readily you take on this feedback from others.
Workshop Reflections
What did you learn about the NFP sector? Or what surprised you?
How will you utilise mentoring and networking as part of your strategy to secure a board position?

Weekend Leadership Retreat

Date: 18-20 February   Venue: Anapana Ridge, Lesmurdie

About the Retreat

The Leadership Retreat engages you in their own personal transformational change. Self awareness is an integral key factor in leadership success and includes confidence, self management, motivation, empathy and social skills. This retreat focuses on deepening their self knowledge, heightening their emotional intelligence and engaging in high performing mindsets.

It's also an opportunity to get to know the other participants in your program and develop strong bonds as you seek and accept Board positions, your ELGP network will also be here to support you.

**It might be an opportunity to carpool with others to get to and from the venue.

Leadership Retreat Agenda

Aims of the Retreat:

  • Deepen your own personal and leadership self awareness by identifying and understanding your own personal values, strengths and leadership philosophy.
  • Develop friendships with your fellow participants to create a supportive network when finding, applying and serving on Boards.
  • Confirm project teams and topics and establish project scope, roles and deadlines.

Retreat Agenda

Friday
6.30 – 8pm: Participants arrive and settle in.
Drinks and Nibbles on the back lawn  
7 – 8pm: Dinner  
8 – 9.30pm:  Welcome and overview of the weekend   
Leaders Who Give: What inspires us to be leaders who give back?
 
Saturday
7.30am: Breakfast 
 8.30 – 10.30am: Self-Awareness – Strengths, Values and Leadership Philosophy  
10.30am: Morning Tea
11 – 12.00pm:  Project Scoping: What is your Project Topic?  
12.00 – 1.00pm: Lunch  
1 – 2.30pm: Team Building Exercise  
2.30 – 3.00: Afternoon Tea  
3.00 – 4.00pm:  Conversational Intent  
4.00 - 5pm:  Program Team Challenge – Team Norms
5pm: Break  
6.30pm: Dinner  
8 – 9.30pm:  Team Quiz Night
Sunday
7.30: Breakfast  
8.30am: Mindfulness  
9 – 10.30am: Interpersonal Skills: Collaboration, Teamwork and Communication  
10.30am: Morning Tea
11 – 12.30pm: Making and Managing Commitments  
12.30 – 1pm: Lunch  
1.15 – 2.00pm: Debrief, Pack up, Clean up and Finish
Venue: 
Anapana Ridge, Lesmurdie
Times:
Arrival: Friday, from 6.30 - 7.30pm
Departure: Sunday, 2.00pm

Things to Bring:

  • Journal and Program File
  • A book that has inspired you (about leadership, the human spirit or about giving back)
  • Your Character Strengths Survey list
Complete the Character Strengths test at http://authentichappiness.com/.
Go to Questionnaires, then to VIA Survey of Character Strengths. You will need to create a login to complete the test. (survey takes approx 25 mins to complete)

 

Leadership Retreat: Reading

Essential Reading - Leadership

  • Key Insights from The Extraordinary Leader White Paper
  • Developing Strengths or Weaknesses White Paper

Emotional Intelligence

  • 5 Aspects of Emotional Intelligence Required for Effective Leadership

Recommended Reading

  • Bold Leadership
  • What Makes a Great Leadership Team

Leadership Retreat: Workshop Reflections

 

Workshop Reflections

What did you notice about yourself during the weekend? 

Journalling prompts:

  • I learned…
  • I re-learnt …
  • I discovered ….
  • I noticed that…
  • I appreciated…
  • I was surprised….
  • I plan to…

Workshop: Legal Duties - Board Roles and Responsibilities

Date: 2 March  Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

Board Responsibilities: Reading

Essential Reading

  • Governance for Good: ACNC's Guide for Directors
  • Governance and legal duties of office holders

Useful Links

  • Justice Connect - NFP Legal resource for community organisations

Board Responsibilities: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
What do you know about the roles and responsibilities of board members and what further questions do you have?
Think about the variety of stakeholders involved in your role as a board member.

Workshop Reflections
Do you feel comfortable committing to the roles and responsibilities of a board member? If not, which areas do you commit to doing further research about?
What skills, knowledge and networks could you bring to the roles and responsibilities of a board member?

Workshop: Financial Duties

Date: 9 March  Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

This workshop will explore your financial duties as a board director.

Financial Duties: Reading

  • Damn Good Advice for Board Members: Twenty-five questions a not-for-profit board member needs to ask about the finances

Useful Links

  • Financial Governance for NFPs (Video) - Davidson Institute

Financial Duties: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
How would you rate your board financial literacy?

Workshop Reflections
What did you learn?
What did you already know and what were your gaps?
What further learning could you do to improve your financial literacy?

Workshop: Treasurers Panel

Date: 16 March  Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

In this workshop, we will meet some experienced Treasurers share their knowledge and experiences playing this role on NFP boards.

Finance Panel: Reading

  • Westpac’s Guide for Community Treasurers 

Finance Panel: Workshop Reflections

Preparation

What insights, information and experiences would you love to hear about from a Treasurer's perspective?

Workshop Reflections

What did you learn?

What surprised you?

What did you notice about yourself while listening to the panel.

Workshop replay

Saturday Site Visits

Date: 19 March Venue: various

It is encouraged to carpool during the Site Visits as often there may be limited parking at facilities. It's also a great way to get to know your fellow participants! As it's a busy schedule, you may want to bring your own lunch too.

Site Visits: Workshop Reflections

Preparation

Have you visited an aged care home, public housing or youth centre before?
What do you expect to hear, see and feel?
Write down your key assumptions about what you expect?
What are you really wanting to explore today?
Clarify the questions you have of the staff that work in aged care and community organisations.

Workshop Reflections

What did you observe?
What stood out to you? What did you find surprising?
What did you notice about yourself during the site visits? How did you feel?
What new ideas and perspectives were generated?
What assumptions were confirmed and what deviated from what you expected to see?

Workshop: Strategy and Risk

Date: 23 March   Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

This workshop is exploring the role of strategy and risk on boards.

Strategy and Risk: Reading

  • 20 Questions NFP Directors Should Ask about Strategy and Planning
  • HBR Article: Strategic Leadership
  • Assessing Risk in NFPs
  • Decision Making on Boards Video

Strategy and Risk: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
What external influences do you think would influence the current strategies of NFP organisations?
What risks do you think would be relevant for NFP organisations?
What personal evaluations could you undertake on a board?

Workshop Reflections
What did you learn?
What surprised you?
What further learning could you do?

Workshop replay

Workshop:  Finding a Board position, Board pathways, Value Proposition and Constructing Your Board Resume

Date: 30 March    Venue:  Southcare Central, corner Bickley cres and Pether rd, Manning

About this Workshop

This workshop is explores your unique journey onto boards, considering why you want to be involved, the value you have to offer a board and how this helps you construct your board resume.

Board Value Proposition: Reading

  • Finding a community group Board that’s right for you

Workshop resources

  • Workshop Resource - Defining your Why
  • Workshop Resource - Board Value Proposition
  • Workshop Resource - Board Resume

Board Value Proposition: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
What type of organisation do I aspire to contribute to in a board capacity?
Is it a service delivery organisation or an awareness/advocacy organisation?
Is it a small or large organisation?
What issue/s does it focus on?

Workshop Reflections
What aspects are most important to you in joining an organisation?

Workshop replay

Workshop: Networking Night

Date: 6 April    Venue: Southcare Central

About this Workshop

The networking night gives you an opportunity to further network with the community partners - both senior management and board members.

Networking Night: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
Reflect on the questions you have for Community Partners, CEOs and Board members. 

Workshop Reflections
What did you gain from the networking night? Who can you follow up?

Please complete the Mid-Program Survey by next Wednesday.

Saturday Workshop: Board Dynamics, Meetings Structures and Leadership roles

Date: 9 April   Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

Explore the norms of Board meetings, leadership roles and board structures.

Saturday Session: Reading

  • ICDA’s Board Leadership Roles - Chair, Treasurer, Secretary
  • What Makes Boards Great, HBR

Workshop Resources

  • Workshop Resource: Personal Evaluation

Saturday Session: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
What’s your assumptions about how boards work?
What have you noticed or experienced before about how boards work effectively?

Workshop Reflections
Reflect on the most important behaviours of boards and board members?
How important is age diversity on Boards?
Think about the different skills, experiences and networks that you might bring to a board.

Leadership: Director Journey and Due Diligence

Date: 13 April   Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

This workshop explores the due diligence that you would commit before applying, interviewing or joining a board. We explore what documents to review and how to assess board and organisational culture.

The Board Traineeships were a result of the Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care and Community Boards program.  Swancare initiated the first Board Traineeship in 2013 and since then, many other organisations have provided similar Traineeships.

Due Diligence: Reading

  • Evaluating an organisation before joining - AICD
  • Making an Exit - Institute of Community Directors

Due Diligence and Board Traineeship: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
Would you consider a board traineeship? Why, why not?
Research the organisations that would be a best fit for you.

Workshop Reflections
What is the next best step for me after this program?
What types of organisations interest you?

Workshop replay

Workshop: CEO/Director Panel

Date: 20 April   Venue:  Southcare Central

About this Workshop

A panel session with CEOs and Board Directors to ask them about their journey onto Community Boards.

CEO/Board Director Panel:Workshop Reflections

Preparation


What questions do you still have about how people get onto boards, what due diligence they would do before accepting a position or how they provide value once on a Board?

Workshop Reflections

What did you learn?
What surprised you?
What did you notice about yourself while listening to the panel?

TWO REMINDERS

ELGP Portfolio - Due 4 May

Please write up to 2 pages sharing your experience and reflections of each of the Program Challenges.

1. What was the value of attending the mentoring session and Board observation? What did you learn?
2. What was the value of keeping your self awareness journal and completing the self awareness activities?  You may add reflections from your journal.  You do not need to include your self awareness journal.
3. What was the value of creating your Board Resume? What did you learn?
4. What was the value of your collaborative project?  What did you learn?

Please name your portfolio - ELGPPortfolio_YourName and email it to the Program Facilitator

ELGP Portfolio template - docx

ELGP Portfolio template - pdf

 

ELGP Graduation Registration

You don't need to register for Graduation but your family and colleagues do!

Please ask family and friends wishing to attend the Graduation to RSVP at Eventbrite. 

Workshop replay

Board Trends and Common Board Scenarios

Date: 27 April   Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

About this Workshop

This workshops will explore some of the common board scenarios you will encounter in the board, as well as some of the future trends of boards.
You will also receive your ELGP Project feedback during this workshop.

 

Workshop replay

Workshop: Graduation Rehearsals and Vox Pops Recording

Date: 4 May  Venue:  Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

This workshop will review your board resumes and rehearse graduation presentations - all speakers will pair up with participants to have an opportunity to run through their presentation before rehearsing in front of the whole ELGP group.

This workshop will also capture your thoughts and memories of the program on video with individual interviews. See below for questions.

Graduation Rehearsals and Vox Pops: Workshop Reflections

Preparation

For our video recording, you will be asked three questions:

1. Best thing you learnt from the program

2. Greatest benefit of diversity on boards

Keep your answers short but meaningful. Think about an experience that you can share succinctly that might be different to other participants.

Workshop: Graduation (Celebration Time!)

Date: 10 May (TUESDAY)    Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

Graduation: Workshop Reflections

Preparation
Be present in the moment this week, celebrate your commitment and hard work over the last few months and enjoy!

Workshop Reflections
How did it feel to graduate from the program?
What does it mean to be a graduate of the ELGP?
How will you be an ambassador for the program?

Final Program Survey

Please complete the Final Program Survey by next Wednesday.  (Don't delay - do it now!)

It is integral that you complete this final survey. Your feedback gets included in our evaluation framework that's sent to Community Partners.

Workshop: Celebration, Debrief and Next Steps

Date: 18 May    Venue: Southcare Central, corner of Pether Rd and Bickley Crescent, Manning

Enjoy a relaxing meal with fellow participants to debrief the Graduation and the program.

Debrief Time: Workshop Reflections

Preparation

Final reflection questions!

What do you know now that you didn’t know before?
How has this project been helpful to you?
How will your use the experience of this program to shape your future?

Workshop Reflections

How will you keep in touch?
What are your next steps?

Final Program Survey

Please complete the Final Program Survey. (Don't delay - do it now!)

It is integral that you complete this final survey. Your feedback gets included in our evaluation framework that's sent to Community Partners.

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