The board members were asked to work in groups of 3 or 4 and state their reasons for being on the board. In fact to answer the question why are you here? Using the McKinsey 7 S framework this is SHARED VALUES The second part was of the exercise required them to say how this would take place. At this stage there are three sub-groups; communications (marketing), sustainability and membership. One group produced this result. Comments: followed the task set, worked successfully together and produced a clear result.

This group started to make links between the two sub-groups This group started to make links between the two sub-groups. It became clear that communication and membership were closely linked.

This group had a strong motivation in their reasons for being on the board. They also went on to look at how tasks of the sub-groups were interlinked.

This group clearly displayed strong reason for being involved in the activities of the board. They also went on to make links and identify areas for development.

This group found using LVT difficult. They wanted to write down lists and the three diagrams in the lower half of the slide were produced later by myself. One person had to be encouraged by another member of the group to complete the task. Only time will tell if she stays the course…… When considering the composition of this group it was clear that the people in the group were struggling to complete the second task. Was it just too random? Random or procedural people – Shelle Rose Charvet.

What clearly emerged from this diagram is that the Board had a number of procedural people who needed clearly defined structures in these early stages. This group wanted terms of reference stating for each sub-group.

One member of this group wanted the Board meetings run on strict meetings procedures. The format of meetings with BOSS are run on the PEER model – facilitation first – Board matters last. With two hours allocated for Board meetings this is 3:1 ration of timing.

This group completed the previous slide This group completed the previous slide. They wanted clarification of the composition of the groups. Everything that emerged from this exercise is stated in the top hexagon. People in this group wanted an overview of the composition of the sub-groups, who, what is their brief and what progress has been achieved so far.