Achieving consensus by exhaustion is\u00a0not\u00a0decision making,\u00a0writes Carolyn Evans, in a think piece for our coaching and mentoring practice.<\/p>\n
No board should allow the indistinct notion of \u201cconsensus\u201d to over ride their legal, fiduciary and other duties as directors – and other decision making groups have parallel responsibilities which ought to be treated with equal respect.<\/p>\n
So, why so so many Australians struggle to manage this basic process?\u00a0 The most common perception is that \u201cparliamentary meeting rules\u201d are somehow mysterious and difficult to understand, and can only be properly understood by someone schooled in them for years.<\/p>\n
Actually, the majority of such rules are both simple and within the power of a board to control.\u00a0 There are various sound parliamentary authorities on which to draw, such as Erskine May and Robert\u2019s Rules of Order, and using one should take the hard work out of the meeting process rather than making it more difficult.<\/p>\n
Update: a new edition of this paper was made available in July 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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