The board's role in strategy (Webinar)
Date: 05 Aug 2026
Wednesday 5 August | 1:00–2:00PM AEST | Online | Recorded
Presented by Community Directors | $99 Member Price
Most boards recognise the importance of strategic planning. Yet many organisations invest significant time and energy developing strategies that ultimately have little impact on how decisions are made, resources are allocated, or people work together.
A successful strategy does more than set priorities. It provides a clear sense of direction, helps unite people around a shared purpose, and guides decision-making across the organisation. Achieving this requires more than a well-written plan. It depends on the alignment between strategy, organisational systems and culture.
In this webinar, we'll explore the board's role in shaping strategic direction and ensuring that strategy becomes more than a document, helping organisations turn their purpose into meaningful action and impact.
At this training, you'll learn:
- the board's role in setting and governing strategic direction
- the relationship between purpose, strategy, systems and culture
- the distinction between strategic governance and operational management
- monitoring strategic performance and measuring success
- practical tools for environmental scanning and strategic thinking
- common barriers to strategic success and how boards can address them
Key details
Date: Wednesday, 5 August
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm AEST
Location: Online | Recorded
Price: $99 ($129 for non members)
This training is designed for board members, board chairs and committee chairs who want to strengthen their organisation's strategic direction and ensure strategy translates into real impact - not just a document on a shelf.
It is especially valuable for CEOs, executive directors and senior leaders who work alongside their boards on strategic planning, as well as anyone responsible for monitoring organisational performance, aligning culture with purpose, or bridging the gap between governance and operational delivery.
Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Canberra, Brisbane: 1pm to 2pm
Adelaide, Darwin: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Perth: 11am to 12pm
This session is recorded and a copy is sent to all who register within hours of the completion of the session.
Yes. We will share a copy of the slides will all who register for this session.
Your presenter
Jon Staley | Trainer, governance and community leadership
BA (Hons), DipEd, Certificate IV (Training and Assessment), Dip Gov, FICDA
Jon has a background as a teacher, trainer, social entrepreneur, filmmaker and writer. He began his career teaching at Melbourne's Northland Secondary College, where in 2000 he was awarded the Peter Clarke Teaching for Reconciliation Award based on his work with the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community at the school. He spent several years being mentored by and working alongside Gunditjmara artist and filmmaker Richard Frankland and together they developed a cross-cultural education program, Planting Seeds, which shone a light on the invisible load that Aboriginal communities in Australia have carried in the wake of colonisation.
In 2008 Jon founded the not-for-profit youth media social enterprise Youthworx, which uses creative and commercial media to work with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and he led the organisation until 2020 when he joined Our Community.
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