I attend a lot of meetings. Meetings held in many cases for the purposes of making a decision. People come to the meeting with an idea of what they would like to see decided. Some people come to a meeting with their minds made up and there is no fact or opinion which is going […]
I am an auditor besides being a governance expert. When I present the financial statements to the board of directors I can see the blank stares, unless of course we are on Zoom and they have their video turned off. I could talk for a long time about what the board should be looking for […]
Who oversees privacy at your organization? Every entity in Canada is governed by at least one set of legislation concerning privacy and confidentiality. Step one would be finding out which Acts apply to you? If PIPEDA applies to you there must be a privacy officer. That is one of the requirements under the Act. Depending […]
We all go to meetings. We don’t all feel our time has been well spent at a meeting, however. Wouldn’t it be fun to ask the participants at the end of each meeting to list what was accomplished? Bonus points for if they think the whole agenda was an accomplishment. If the meeting had a […]
Does your organization have a COVID-19 immunization policy? Perhaps you do not need one. If everyone who works in the organization is willing to get vaccinated then likely there is no issue. Where the issue arises is if you have some employees who do not want to be vaccinated. This will create some tension in […]