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:

  1. Introduction

  2. Elements of Effective Onboarding

  3. Onboarding Responsibilities

    The Company Secretary

    Board Leadership

    Existing Board Members

    Next-Gen Directors

  4. Conclusion

  5. 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?

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