Beyond the responsibilities of the executive team are various councils that are charged with overseeing important strategies and functions for the company. Frequently a council is charged with finding leverage across functions or businesses and turning it into competitive value. The design and operation of these councils is difficult. Also, a set of company wide governance processes, such as communication, a review process, or calendar management may be lacking.
Questions that keep you awake at night:
- How do get members of the council to think at the company level and not make decisions based on their own specific function or business?
- What is a process to hold council members accountable and to produce true leveraged value?
- How do we determine what governance process need attention and improvement?
Sapience has worked with dozens of senior managers in the design and management of governance structures—such as company councils and boards. We provide the frameworks, processes, steps, and tools in the design and management of governance structures. We also provide design and development capability to various key governance processes. Capabilities we apply in these initiatives include:
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