Target Audience
This course is aimed at board members, trustees and senior staff of non-profits..
Outline
This course will provide participants with a practical structure and interactive scenarios for identifying and managing conflicts of interest and loyalty.
Topics covered include:
- Frame, define & diagnose a conflict of interest.
- Recognise conflicts.
- Conflict radar: where issues commonly show up.
- Case clinic.
- Chair & record conflicts.
Methodology
Delivered virtually via Zoom.
Instructor
Phillip Morrison-Gale
Phillip has over 15 years’ experience of working in the social housing sector in Ireland and the UK and holds a track record of service transformation driven by an interest in people and culture and developing new ways of working which positively influence and improve services. His experience in the social housing sector spans housing and asset management as well as supported housing services for older people and at-risk young people.
Phillip is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and has previously served on the board of the Chartered Institute of Housing (Scotland) and chaired the CIH Policy and Practice Committee.
In his current role as CEO of a mid-sized Approved Housing Body (AHB) Phillip is active is leading the strategic development and delivery of high-quality innovative services which put tenants at the heart and result in improved outcomes for local areas.
Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish an interest conflict from a loyalty conflict.
- Recognise actual, potential and perceived conflicts.
- Use an objective “reasonable observer” test.
- Choose a proportionate management response.
- Chair and record decisions so the process is defensible.
- Identify practical improvements to policy and procedure.
Carmichael’s Spring Summer 2027 Scheduled Training Programme is kindly sponsored by BoardEffect.
BoardEffect is part of Diligent, the leader in modern governance. BoardEffect delivers an agile board management solution optimised for governance leaders of nonprofits, higher education institutions, community healthcare organisations, and credit unions with the right tools, analytics, and insights to drive more efficient, transparent, and secure governance.
Fees
| €80 | Nonprofit Organisation |
| €70 | Carmichael Resident Organisation |
| €90 | Statutory Organisation |
| €90 | Corporate Organisation |