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    Dr D Mowbray FCIS, FGNZ
    • Dec 26, 2017
    • 5 min

    Governance Codes and Regulation: A Warrant of Fitness, Not an Indicator of Driver Capability!

    An organisation's compliance with a governance code, does not review the behaviour of the drivers; the board and executive and how their
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    Challenging Entrenched Governance Ideas.
    Dr Denis Mowbray FCIS, FGNZ
    • Nov 8, 2016
    • 3 min

    Challenging Entrenched Governance Ideas.

    Last week I had the great pleasure to present at the Governance NZ AGM in Canterbury. The topic was; Behavioural Governance the Future of Board Performance. The presentation covered two key themes; Behavioural Governance, and The Third Team and why they are the future of governance for high-performing organisations. A synopsis of the presentation is this: The third-team model challenges a range of closely held beliefs within governance circles. These beliefs result in the fa
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    Compliance, Regulation is not the Problem; 
Behaviour and Culture Are:
    Dr D Mowbray FCIS, FGNZ
    • Oct 3, 2016
    • 6 min

    Compliance, Regulation is not the Problem; Behaviour and Culture Are:

    I have assembled a snap review of a number of recent cases involving corporates caught in what can best be described as corrupt behaviour. This is by no means a complete list, just a selection from various papers. The core issue, is not that it happens, it is, that after decades of regulators and governance organisations saying, they can rectify this with more regulation, compliance or courses/training, it continues, unabated. At the nexus of all these cases, is the individua
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    The Trinity of Leadership That Powers Organisational Culture and Performance.
    Dr D Mowbray FCG FGNZ
    • Feb 28, 2016
    • 2 min

    The Trinity of Leadership That Powers Organisational Culture and Performance.

    The structure of organisational leadership is conceived as being two dimensional. That is, there are two teams, the board and an executive, operating independently of one another, yet residing within the same organisation. For clarity, my definition of the term ‘executive’ refers to the CEO and senior functional managers, e.g. chief financial officer, operations manager, marketing manager, etc., who have regular contact, formal or informal, with the board and/or individual di
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