What you can expect
At MRA we know the quality of leadership in Boardrooms is directly correlated to how Directors perform their governance roles. The UK Corporate Governance Code of Directors has a requirement for continued development and training for Directors, and yet we also know that very few UK Directors have a governance qualification. Effective governance drives strategic decision making, minimises risks and ensures compliance of legal frameworks, all resulting in more profitable stable organisations, that are fit for the future.
Our extensive experience has shown us that Boards who regularly monitor and review their performance through both internal and external evaluation continue to be the highest performing.
Our MRA Global Board Excellence Framework has been developed from Global Best Practice, and is designed around four key principles to bring a new level of rigour, legal compliance and oversight into your Boardroom, resulting in optimal stakeholder assurance. This framework will support you to evaluate your current state and provide a clear and valuable feedback mechanism for improving your Board’s effectiveness and performance through the lens of good governance.
You will be partnered by our highly credentialed Executive coaches, who also are also qualified in Corporate Governance and Statutory Directorship.
Giving you a competitive edge
The MRA Global Board Excellence framework will ensure you have clarity on the holistic obligations and expectations placed upon you as a Board, ensuring you are leading from a principled, ethical base with integrity and accountability
Global Best Practice
Your Executive coaches are trained in both Corporate Governance and Statutory Directorship, giving us a unique ability to walk the walk. We truly understand your world and can speak your language to get to the heart of the matter.
Coaching with a consultative lens
This will be an intensive, experiential development opportunity using both a coaching and consultative approach. This unique blend supports your ability to ask the right questions of each other, influence the strategy at the highest level, all whilst embedding Global Board Excellence practices, truly defining how you shape your future beyond today to maximise your investment.
Key programme principles
The Global Board Excellence Framework will support the development of constructive and future facing recommendations, appraising the Board systemically across a number of key strategic principles enabling you to apply essential diligence and governance to your Boardroom.
Strategic Principle
This principle shines a light on your strategic planning capabilities, leadership competencies and behaviours. The clarity and your ability to implement key objectives, and the universal understanding of your purpose, aligned to your strategy and active succession planning. It will also appraise your understanding of the key principles of Corporate Governance in the Boardroom and its impact and benefits. Supporting your positioning and implementation of strategic management of risk, crises and reputation all guided by global insights and trends.
Structure Principle
Delivering a structural assessment to include roles and responsibilities, competencies and skill sets, cultural and ethical conduct and the robustness of your policies and procedures, including governance design and the governance framework you adhere to as a Board.
Standards Principle
Reviewing and assessing current IS change programmes, internal and external auditing frameworks, including the fiscal understanding and competency skills as part of the Directors’ financial responsibilities to maintain the organisation’s financial health and to ensure your prioritisation of ESG is in place.
Systemic Principle
Strategic alignment to ensure robust protocols and supervision methodologies are in place ensuring procedural on-going monitoring of Board compliance, including Board evaluations and effectiveness reviews, whilst maintaining effective stakeholder communication and relations.
Programme overview
Individual, team and organisation insights-led interviews
We will begin our partnership by conducting individual interviews with the Board (including Non-Executive Directors), selected shareholders and broader stakeholders across your organisation using the MRA Global Board Excellence Framework to drive the conversations around the four key strategic principles. This approach will provide transparent system-wide insights, identifying areas of alignment and opportunities for growth through a systemic lens.
Core areas of focus in each principle are:
Strategic principle
Exploring strategic planning development and building associated objectives. How does the strategy inform, drive and promote key leadership behaviours, enabling transparent, balanced judgement and consideration at all times? How is risk defined, communicated and implemented?
Structure Principle
Examining the Board composition. How robust is it to meet the strategic needs of the organisation, with clearly defined roles, responsibilities, capabilities and levels of authorisation. What is your ethical code of conduct? What policies, procedures and processes are in place?
Standards Principle
Reviewing change programmes, how they are managed and reported on. How is compliance prioritised? What are your internal and external auditing reporting frameworks and routines?
Systemic Principle
What is the Board’s mandate and authority? What protocols and supervision methodologies are in place to ensure procedural Board compliance, whilst also managing and maintaining effective stakeholder relations?
Our Pledge
Whole-heartedly invested in you and your Board...Sophie T“We guarantee to be whole-heartedly invested in you and your Board, partnering with you to build inclusive and trusted relationships, celebrating your successes and bringing candour and insight to your challenges – all with the single aim of setting you up for your continued journey of success, growth and transformation.”
Director of Board and Team Coaching
Unlock your potential today
When you are ready to take the next step in your professional coaching journey please reach out to our team at MRA and we will be very happy to schedule a call to ensure you are confident in the programme you have selected.