Governance meetings: 10 critical considerations Tim Bentham and James Walker from the Credit Suisse internal audit team explain the 10 areas where governance meetings can commonly go wrong.
Years of experience as internal auditors have taught us a lot about where governance meetings tend to fail. Few other teams have the breadth of scope or degree of access that allows the front-to-back view of topics and issues across organisations that auditors have.
When people think of governance meetings, they often think of meetings at board level. In reality, governance meetings are happening throughout organisations, not just at the top. In an effective governance framework each meeting, no matter the level, is a link in a greater control framework. Structuring a governance meeting requires careful consideration, so it is fit for purpose in its own right and part of the wider governance framework. However, not all meetings are equal, and as such, it is impor