Ep 7 Bringing People In
You can run the best election process in the world and still have new committee members who are still finding their feet six months later. In this episode, the Kates walk through what good induction looks like, from the nomination pack to the first informal coffee to the dedicated induction meeting that sets the tone for the whole year…
Ep 6 Questions are Gold
Asking questions is one of the most important things a committee member can do. So why does it feel so hard? Kate H and Kate M make the case for building a culture where questions are genuinely welcome…
Ep 5 Choosing Your Committee
It’s the AGM. The four usual suspects have nominated each other. One hand shoots up at the back — it’s the member nobody’s seen in two years. Sound familiar? There’s a better way to run an election…
Ep 4 Care, Loyalty and Obedience
Every committee member carries three legal duties — whether they know it or not. Care, Loyalty and Obedience. Kate H and Kate M cut through the legal jargon to tell you what they actually mean in plain English…
Ep 3 What’s your job, exactly?
Most committee members know they have responsibilities — but ask them to name those responsibilities and you’ll get a very long silence. This episode fixes that…
Ep 2 Who’s in the Committee Room?
There’s the person who’s been on the committee for twenty-five years and still starts every sentence with “Well, we tried that in 2003…” Sound familiar? Before you can govern well, you need the right people around the table…