Your key players in governance
Australian Indigenous Governance Institute
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Welcome to another edition of ‘Tips from the Toolkit’, where we share valuable tips and insight from the Indigenous Governance Toolkit that can help you or your group with your governance journey.?
In this newsletter, we explore how the analogy of a football team helps when thinking about some of the most important relationships in your governance.?
Governance is a bit like footy
You can compare the way governance works in your group to the way a footy team works.??
A footy team is a set of relationships, roles and responsibilities between a group of people who want to play and win the footy game together.??
A footy team doesn’t operate alone. They have their community, fans and club members. These are the people who barrack for their team to win, and who the players look to for moral support when they play.?
Success depends on all the players, captain and coaching understanding their roles and performing to the best of their ability – for their members, the public and their sponsors. The same is true for governing a group.?
The team captain must build and maintain a strong relationship with the team’s management. As the head of a team, the captain also needs to interact effectively with the players and the club.??
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In your group, the captain is your chief executive officer (CEO) and the team’s coaching is your board. The players are your management and staff, and the club is your members.??
Keep in mind that many important relationships exist beyond the ‘official’ relationships shown in the diagram. Certain people in your group – such as the CEO – are responsible for building and maintaining these relationships. Often, these relationships relate to cultural, community and broader group interests. How important these types of relationships are to maintain depends on what you’re working to achieve.?
For a more comprehensive breakdown of this content, head to the Indigenous Governance Toolkit: https://aigi.org.au/toolkit/your-key-players?
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