Boards and senior management need high-quality financial and non-financial information to govern in volatile times. Good information keeps senior management and boards up-to-date with what's happening in their organisation, alerts them to major opportunities or risks and helps them make informed decisions.

Improving the quality of senior management reports and board papers

The M Factor works with organisations over a period of time (e.g. 3 months) to make lasting changes to senior management reports and board papers.

A 'write to govern' program may include:

• surveying senior managers and directors for their views on reports and papers
• auditing a sample of reports and papers to use as a benchmark
• revising templates and writing template guidelines
• coaching senior managers to set and maintain high writing standards
• training employees to write better reports and papers
• reviewing and editing samples of reports and papers
• evaluating the success of the program.

At the end of the program, your senior management team and board will appreciate the difference quality reports and papers make. And as an added bonus, writing standards will have improved throughout your organisation.

if you don't want the whole program, you can offer your people workshops on writing board papers.

The M Factor's expertise in senior management reports and board papers

Mary Morel is the author of Write to Govern: How to write effective senior management reports and board papers. During research for this book, Mary interviewed several company directors and chief executive officers. She also graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors' company directors' course (GAICD) in 2007.

Read Mary's articles

Taming templates (Chartered Secretaries Journal)
Bored with board papers (Chartered Secretaries Journal)
Writing a PR proposal to the board

Email mary@themfactor.com.au or ring 61 2 9365 7711 for more information.