Many Compliance Managers struggle to communicate the necessary health & safety information to their Boards of Directors. This webinar recording will provide you with the knowledge you need to effectively achieve this. In this webinar recording we were joined by John Barr. John has been a Professional Director for many years. He holds many directorships in some of New Zealand's leading organisations. He is a mentor for the Director's of Mango Limited. John is very knowledgeable in governance and compliance. He conducts training for Directors at the New Zealand Institute of Directors. He has been a President of the New Zealand Organisation for Quality. The recording to this webinar can be found here: Many Compliance Managers struggle to communicate the necessary health & safety information to their Boards of Directors. This webinar recording will provide you with the knowledge you need to effectively achieve this. In this webinar recording we were joined by John Barr. John has been a Professional Director for many years. He holds many directorships in some of New Zealand's leading organisations. He is a mentor for the Director's of Mango Limited. John is very knowledgeable in governance and compliance. He conducts training for Directors at the New Zealand Institute of Directors. He has been a President of the New Zealand Organisation for Quality.

1. Governance - Health and Safety Webinar
John Barr, Ayrshire e.b.a. - Professional Director
December 2016

2. Craig Thornton
 Craig Thornton
 Chief Marketing Officer
 Mango Limited
 craig@mangolive.com
 New Zealand
 +64 29 377 5444
 LinkedIn
 Blog – www.mangolive.com/blog-mango
 Resources – www.mangolive.com/free-qhse-manuals-training-
materials

3. John Barr
Governance Roles - current
Non-Executive Director
 St Georges Hospital Society – President and
Director
 Canterbury Scientific Ltd - Chairman
 Southern Horticultural Products Ltd - Chairman
 Aqualinc Research Ltd - Chairman
 Nevada Sport Ltd - Chairman
 Linden Leaves Ltd - Chairman
Other Advisory Roles
 Advisory Board & Governance Advisory
o Tumblar Products Ltd
o Mango Ltd
o Plucks Engineering Ltd
o Genesis Bio-laboratory Ltd
o KRD Imports Ltd
 Governance-related projects
 Business mentors – mentoring
 GlobalScots business support network
Earlier Roles
 CEO and General Management in
manufacturing and contract
manufacturing companies
 Trustee, Electricity Ashburton &
CentralPower Electricity Trust
 National President New Zealand
Organisation for Quality
 Directorships since 1990
 Facilitator, Institute of Directors
Professional Development

4. Board
 The IoD (Institute of Directors) focusses on the 4 Pillars of Good
Governance
 Determination of Purpose
 An Effective Governance Culture
 Holding to Account
 Effective Compliance
Performance (3x) and Conformance (1x)

5. Governance and Management
 Relationship and Accountabilities
 Governance is in the Grandstand
 Management is on the playing field
 Governance is constantly assessing the performance
 Governance delegates to Management
 Delegation with Feedback and confirmation is the key
DELEGATION WITHOUT FEEDBACK IS ABDICATION!

6. Board
 Questions:
 Who is going to prison?
 Who is going to tell their family? That we were too busy to care!
 Culture of openness
 Prompt advice on serious accidents and injuries
 Communications/Media Policy
 Who talks to the media?
 Who talks to the internal team?

7. Risks/Weaknesses
 Celebrate every weakness/risk identified
 Eliminate or minimise
 Weaknesses and risks identified are a good thing (positively communicate)
 Risks increase with the level of education - ‘intellectual arrogance’

8. Rules
 Non-negotiable
 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
 Send very strong positive & consistent messages

9. Trail of documentation
 No documentation
 No proof you care
 Management trail
 Governance trail

10. Board Reporting
 Board Annual Workplan
 H&S Committee
 Committee representation needs to be signed off by the Board
 Confirm meeting frequency
 Confirm meeting agenda
 Term of appointment & rotation
 Confirm Hazards/Risks assessed
 Accident/incident
 Number lost time
 Number non-lost time
 Near Misses
 Outcomes
 Training and awareness
 IoD Guidance (Guides, Checklist)
 Governance & Operational training
 Capital requests

11. Internal Audits
 Regular hazard & risks assessments
 Use range of people (compliance vs. improvement)
 Audit each others departments

12. General Awareness
 Examples
 Electricity on the ground
 Valve radios
 Cigarette butts in a cardboard box in the paper store