‘All A-Board’ Developing current and future Board members through mentoring and other support TPAS Conference Workshop 12 th Sept 2013

Who we are Elspeth Mackenzie Chief Executive, Thrive Homes Juliet HancockMentoring Associate, Housing Diversity Network Camelia BorgBoard mentee Shoaib Gillani Board mentee Alison Inman Board mentor

Workshop Aims To share and learn how others have developed as Board members by Considering your personal values and aspirations as a Board member or potential board member Sharing experience on the opportunities and obstacles to becoming a fully effective Board member Considering common development needs and how these can be supported by mentoring/ other development solutions Taking away ideas you can apply to your own development and/or to progress the development of others

Workshop outline What is important to me as a current/ prospective board member? What are the challenges and opportunities of being an effective Tenant Board member Sharing the challenges and coming up with solutions The role of mentoring and where I can get support - Learning from the HDN Board mentoring pilot Future possibilities - ideas for developing cross organisation mentoring/ other support Review -an action I will take now -questions and ideas for the future

Introductions – who am I and why am I here? Chose a card that describes what is important to you about being a current Board member or attracts you to being a Board member in the future Quick intros: who I am and why I chose this card

The role of values

What are the opportunities and challenges of being an effective Tenant Board member? Prospective Board members? New Board members? Fully effective Board members? Group work Identify opportunities and challenges Select the one which you would most like to develop Ideas/ top tips

HDN Board mentoring programme pilot What we did and why Outline structure Why I signed up and how it has helped me so far A mentor’s perspective

HDN Board mentoring pilot 2013 April 2013May 2013June 2013 July 2013/ August 2013 Sept 2013October 2013 November 2013 December 2013/ Jan 2014 Initial mentee briefing 360 degree feedback and values profile 1:1 feedback Priorities identified Mentors and Mentees matched Group Workshop: Values based leadership in a changing sector 1 st mentoring session 2 nd mentoring Session Group Workshop: Finance and Value for Money 3 rd mentoring Session Group Workshop: The new business case for Diversity 4 th Mentoring session Group Workshop: The role of risk in Governance: Reviewing and celebrating success

HDN Board mentoring programme 2013

Reflection and Review Ideas for developing cross organisation Board mentoring/ other support An action I will take now Questions and ideas for the future

Further information and contacts Juliet Hancock - HDN mentoring associate Elspeth Mackenzie – Chief executive