Understand and implement governance

What is governance?

Governance is the structure applied to ensure transformation activity is well managed. It involves a set of policies, principles, standards, and practices that guide decision making.

Essential for:

• All types of transformation.

Knowledge

• Understanding of best practice governance frameworks and practices.
• Understanding of best practice risk management.
• Understanding how to create and implement policies, principles, standards, and practices.
• Knowledge of the organisation’s wider governance structure, constitution, and operational governance framework.

Skills

Able to:

• Apply governance principles: To projects and transformation initiatives to ensure activity aligns with organisational goals.
• Identify, assess, and implement: A framework to control risk within overall risk appetite.
• Adapt governance practice: To suit the type of transformation activity underway.
• Develop, implement, and embed: Effective controls.
• Work within an Agile or a Waterfall project environment: Adapting governance approaches accordingly.
• Manage stakeholders effectively.
• Monitor control compliance: Including reviewing the effectiveness of risk mitigation actions.
• Communicate: Effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing.
• Manage change: Work within project or programme governance to ensure are well managed.
• Be emotionally intelligent: Recognise, understand, and use emotional responses effectively in the achievement of outcomes.

Behaviours

• Accountable
• Collaborative
• Organised
• Act with integrity
• Decisive 
• Authentic
• Empathetic
• Adaptable and pragmatic
• Resilient
• Committed to continual learning