Boardroom Behaviours

Having structured and productive board meetings can maximise the overall effectiveness and efficiency of boards and organisations.

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Boardroom Behaviours: Recovering after conflict

When debate turns personal, how does your board reset? This session addresses how to recover from unresolved conflict and restore psychological safety in the boardroom.

Robust debate is essential to effective governance – but when tension turns personal and conflict goes unresolved, boards can become stuck, divided and ineffective.

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Sharpening collective decision making under pressure. <p>This session explores how boards can strengthen collective intelligence, manage complexity and use AI responsibly when certainty is out of reach.</p> <p><b>Presenters: </b>Organisational psychologist Rob Newman, Change Focus Group Pty Ltd .<br />  </p>
Navigating egos and diffusing boardroom tension. <p>Learn how to diagnose&nbsp;behavioural&nbsp;triggers, and&nbsp;apply practical&nbsp;strategies to&nbsp;restore focus,&nbsp;balance&nbsp;and constructive&nbsp;deliberations.</p> <p><b>Presenters:&nbsp;</b>Organisational psychologist Rob Newman, Change Focus Group Pty Ltd .<br> &nbsp;</p>
The psychology of social systems in board dynamics. <p>Explore how high‑performing boards harness social dynamics to strengthen trust, challenge and decision making.</p> <p><b>Presenter:</b> Rob Newman, Managing Partner, Change Focus Group<br /> <br /> </p>
Recovering after conflict. <p>This session addresses how to recover from unresolved conflict and restore psychological safety in the boardroom.</p> <p>Directors will leave with practical strategies for restoring collegiality, enabling the board to move forward constructively following high-pressure or emotionally-charged episodes.</p>
Dealing with ineffective chairing. <p>Gain insights on how directors can deal with an ineffective chair.​​</p> <p><b>Presenters:</b> Organisational psychologist Rob Newman, Naomi Edwards FAICD, and Kerryn Newton FAICD.<br /> <br /> </p> <p> </p>
Facilitating effective chair-director decision making. <p>Explore alternative approaches to standard&nbsp;chairing and decision-making practices.​​</p> <p><b>Presenters:</b>&nbsp;Organisational psychologist Rob&nbsp;Newman &amp; experienced chair&nbsp;Dr Judith&nbsp;MacCormick&nbsp;FAICD.<br> &nbsp;</p>
Chairing with impact through structured leadership. <p>Become familiar with how effective chairs set goal‑directed agendas, manage discussion and use structured decision‑making.</p> <p>Presenters:&nbsp;<br> Graham Bradley AM FAICD, Elizabeth Jameson AM FAICD, Rob Newman, Organisational Psychologist&nbsp;</p>
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