Contact

  • P.O. Box 48-107,
  • Blockhouse Bay,
  • Auckland 0644
  • Ph: +64 9 627 4962
  • Fax: +64 9 627 4952

Services

The specific areas of knowledge and services provided by Meeting and Governance Solutions are:

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POLITICAL

Governance and meeting processesunderstanding governance and management processes, roles and responsibilities, governance and management separation, meeting procedures and protocols including standing orders and dealing with difficult situations
Chairmanship training and mentoringassessment of capability of individual chairpersons of their chairmanship qualities and shortcomings, one on one mentoring for identified training needs, mechanisms for dealing with unique situations.
Workshop/ meeting facilitationexperienced facilitators offering independent and impartial workshop and meeting leadership
Induction for elected members post electionan A-Z program designed to clarify elected members roles in governance, engaging with the organisation (staff), understanding the structure of local government, decision-making processes, and how to achieve success in the electoral term
Council Controlled Organisation’s –
establishment, Statement of Intentthe processes for establishing CCO’s, legal framework and responsibilities, understanding the importance of Statement of Intent and Director / trustee responsibilities

ORGANISATIONAL

Political acumen for non- governance staffunderstanding the politics of local government, elected representatives, political reporting, behaviour formally and informally, assessing the political environment of the workplace, engaging with elected representatives
Governance Support staff trainingunderstanding the role of the Committee Advisor, meeting management techniques, standing orders interpretation, best practice to add value to the role of the Committee Advisor
Senior Manager mentoring and coachingone on one objective setting and monitoring, managing and getting the best out of staff, how to build and maintain effective teams, training and mentoring including coaching from experienced senior managers within the political environment
Team Building/ Strategy Planning Facilitationidentification of team strengths, gaps and shortcomings to build a more effective team, independent planning facilitation.
Report and Recommendation writingunderstanding report structure and effective report writing, provision of tools using best practice coaching, improving report quality, leading to increased confidence in report writers.
Organisational performance monitoring –
working with the CEOUnderstanding the role of the CEO and the mechanisms for measuring their performance in line with organisational and political objectives.
Strategy and policy developmentstrategic plan establishment and review, long term planning, policy creation and effectiveness, legislative policy adherence
Stakeholder communication planningDevelopment of an effective communications plan that enables an organisation to achieve it’s goals, improve it’s effectiveness and build and enhance the stakeholder relationships that are important for success