Onboarding New Directors
Every high performance board should have a successful, streamlined onboarding process for their new directors.
This process should be perfected and recorded so it can be enacted with each new director that comes onboard. That way, everyone begins on the same foot, regardless of where they’ve come from.
For more information and a detailed outline of how to successfully onboard new board members, click here to read 'Onboarding New Directors', created by us with Diligent Software.
We take you through the elements of the most effective onboarding process, as well as the suggested onboarding responsibilities for everyone, from the company secretary to the existing board members.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
Elements of Effective Onboarding
Onboarding Responsibilities
The Company Secretary
Board Leadership
Existing Board Members
Next-Gen Directors
Conclusion
Appendix: Onboarding Checklist
Introduction Excerpt:
As investors and market pressures drive organisations to become more digital, more global and more sustainable, boards are finding that today’s discussions necessitate new perspectives and areas of expertise. For many organisations, generational diversity is becoming more important, as the boardroom skills they need are increasingly found among younger generations. As these younger, lessexperienced directors take their places, the value they can add depends on how quickly their boards can get them up to speed. This makes effective onboarding programs vital – but are they keeping pace as the profile of today’s new directors evolves?