Voluntary Code of Good Governancefrom Principles…to Practice!

Workshop Goals

• Refreshed commitment to using the Code of Good Governance to trigger continuous improvement

• Enhanced vision for the future

• Insight to the ‘seven principles’ of good governance

• Clear understanding of how to conduct self-assessment

• Understanding of improvement action planning principles

• Enhanced opportunities to support each other to improve

• A planned way forward.

The Concept…• The Code is your tool designed to help you deal

well with the challenges of our time…survive & thrive!

• Incorporates recognised best practice (CSIT)

• No assessments or ‘badges’!

• No imposed improvements

• Flexible & adaptable

• Self Assessment at the heart

• Encourage & trigger peer-supported improvement & collaborative working

• No end to this journey!

….show us your procedures!!

….here are your new procedures!!

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From Principles to Practice…

Clear & compelling vision for the future

Self Assessment using the 7 Principles of the Code

Improvement action planning (part of normal planning)

Integrate annual

cycle intomanagement

system

Collaborative learning & improvement,including structured sharing of practices

Enhanced methods, system & practices

Critical Friend

Code of Good Governance….what for?

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will do!”

Alice in Wonderland

The 7 Principles of the Code

“Achieve & sustain

superior levels of performance

which meet or exceed the needs & expectations

of all stakeholders”

Continual innovation

in the services(in line with the needs of your‘community’)

Continuous improvement of all aspects

of the way in which the organisation &partnerships work to achieve greater

capability, efficiency & sustainability

1.Acting as

guardians ofthe sport,recreation or activity

3. Delivery of

Vision,Mission &Purpose

6.Accountability

&transparency

7.Understanding

& engaging with thesporting

landscape4.

Balanced, inclusive &

skilled Board

5.Standards,systems &controls

2.Defining &evaluatingthe role ofthe Board

What is Self Assessment?

•Formal, systematic, regular review

of•All areas of the

‘organisation’against

•Excellence Criteriaby

•A team from your organisation

Resulting in•Plans for improvement

“All organisations (& partnerships) have strengths and all have areas where improvement is necessary.

The acceptance of this in an open, mature and positive way, without fear of failure, is vital for every organisation!

Successful organisations don’t worry about this or cover it up…they work on improving with a passion!”

The underlying belief….

“Awareness is curative”

“He who asks the questions cannot avoid

the answers”

What makes Self Assessment valuable?

• Consensus agreement of high-level areas for improvement

•Builds improvement projects into service plans

•Formal recognition of strengths

•Other ‘soft’ benefits….?

• External assessment done by your staff

• A way of demonstrating performance

• A ‘badge-chase’ or ‘trophy hunt’

• A paper-chase!

•A checklist

• About ‘failure’….it is all about success!

Self Assessment is not…

Time for action!Nothing has been planned

A good startWe are planning ways of doing this

Steadily improvingWe have partly implemented ways of doing this

Time for review & improvementWe have fully & systematically implemented ways of

doing this

A role model…are you really that good?!We have fully & systematically implemented ways of

doing this We review & improve the effectiveness of our

approachesThere is evidence that they have worked!

Self Assessment Protocol...

Honesty Confidentiality

Not about personal performance Not criticism of people

Not criticism of organisation Not about “failure”

Not about “problems” No blame

Not “perfuming the pig”.

Improvement Planning Principles…

“If you always do what you’ve always done,

you’ll always get what you’ve always got”! • Must be about changes to collective

behaviour

• Focus

• “Begin the end in mind”

• Clear & specific outputs (what will have changed)

• Project plans

• Improvement team techniques.

Peer-Supported Improvement...the opportunities ?

Peer-Supported Improvement...the opportunities ?

The next steps…

1 Brief your team

2 Plan your self-assessment & improvement planning sessions (including critical friend)

3 Clarify your ‘organisational model’

4 Agree & crystallise your compelling vision

5 Conduct Self-Assessment

6 Develop your improvement plans

7 Identify peer support opportunities

8 Act!

Join the discussions & share your experiences in the

LinkedIn CSIT User Group

Contact me if you want to discuss or clarify anything

Steve Woodsteve-wood@talktalk.net

07833 183031