How to be the best secretary
Nobody is perfect, but follow these top 10 tips to go from being just another good secretary to…
Board member roles and responsibilities
Clear understanding of roles and responsibilities is essential for a board to function effectively.
When each board member knows their own role and understands the roles of others, it fosters better collaboration, reduces misunderstandings, and strengthens governance.
Imagine a board where every member is confident in their duties, working together seamlessly to drive the organisation forward. This webpage hosts tools and resources to give you and your board that clarity.
Scroll down to access essential help sheets, tools, checklists, policies, books and advice guides designed to enhance your meeting experience.
Top tools and resources
Help sheets
Board effectiveness self-review
A board effectiveness review will help you to consider areas for improvement. Whether you complete…
Helpsheet: Delegation as a leadership practice for CEOs
Delegation is not simply about sharing workload. For CEOs, it is a key leadership tool for building…
Helpsheet: Supporting staff to deliver strategy
CEOs are regularly presented with new ideas, opportunities, projects and partnership proposals.…
Helpsheet: Using a shared decision-making framework
Boards and leadership teams are often required to make decisions where there are competing…
How to be the best secretary
Nobody is perfect, but follow these top 10 tips to go from being just another good secretary to…
Office bearers: job description templates
Office bearers are a crucial part of effective governance for community organisations. Good office…
Ten tips for better board marketing
Some boards tend to be skeptical of marketing, and ignore the potential good marketing presents.…
Tips on how to exit in style
There will always being comings and goings on community sector boards, but what can make these…
Tools
Appointment of Proxy Form Template
Download our template form to help you document proxies for your board meetings.
Board composition checklist
If your board can no longer provide leadership or fresh ideas, or if money is becoming an issue, it…
Board skills and experience matrix
Welcome to the ICDA Board diversity, experience and skills matrix.
CEO annual review template
The board needs to regularly review the performance of their CEO to ensure that they are meeting…
Checklists
Members Only
10 key areas to renew, review and refresh
It's easy to carry on doing the same thing 'because that's the way we do it'. To avoid the pitfalls…
For and against setting up committees
ForCommittees can make better use of board members' time, allowing certain tasks, issues or…
Successful board succession
The process of finding, recruiting, selecting and installing new board members is perhaps the most…
Members Only
Ten ways to write a 'perfect' constitution
Alright, the "perfect" constitution might be a bad case of hyperbole, but if your constitution…
Policies
Staff Conflict of Interest Policy
All organisations should have a staff conflict of interest policy. This policy should provide a…
Board Code of Conduct Policy
Having a board code of conduct in place ensures that your organisation's directors have a set of…
