NewsBite

Opinion

Catherine Livingstone

Why boards need their strategy captured on one page

Good governance is about strategy and judgment, not compliance and process. How do boards get those things to the fore?

Catherine LivingstoneCorporate leader

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Governance is one of those concepts subject to myriad interpretations. I always go back to the OECD definition wherein governance is defined as providing direction and control, to which I then add capability.

The three legs of governance are therefore direction through a clear strategy and purpose, control through an executable business plan, and capability through people.

Loading...
Catherine Livingstone is a former chairman of Commonwealth Bank, Telstra and CSIRO and a former president of the Business Council of Australia.

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Read More

Executive Education

Powered by

Latest In Leaders

Fetching latest articles

Most Viewed In Work and careers

    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/why-boards-need-their-strategy-captured-on-one-page-20240402-p5fgqm