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About us
Conscious Governance is a global, independent advisory service for Boards, CEOs and directors. We provide strategic planning, board governance, leadership and risk management consulting services.
We work with organizations across virtually all sectors and provide resources, guidance and online programs that help promote strong governance practices. In delivering our services, we inspire greater strategic awareness within an organization, opening up new ways to better serve the wider community.
What is conscious governance?
Today's nonprofit environment is different from ten years ago, where now the challenges and issues organizations face are changing at an incredibly rapid speed.
However, many governance practices that still prevail in most organizations today have their roots in the 19th century. Some people still see governing as “making policies” that the CEO and staff carry out. It has a tendency towards prescription and conformance with governance systems. This conventional governance was built to maximize efficiency by minimizing deviations from standard practices. Conscious Governance, in its widest sense, refers to running an organization with conscious awareness.
No amount of internal procedure, structure, policies, quality control or internal audits will compensate for Board members who do not consciously govern!
“You truly have a gift in turning governance; processes, obligations, responsibilities, planning, language and concepts, described by others in volumes; into easy to understand bite size chunks.”
Why conscious governance matters
Choosing to govern consciously can create a strong future for an organization by steering it towards a well-defined vision and making sure that day-to-day management is always lined up with the organization's strategies. At its core, conscious governance is about conscious leadership.
Conscious Board leadership will improve the organization's results, both financial and social, and make sure the assets and funds are used appropriately.
Our core services
Strategic planning and strategic plan reviews which equip you for the challenges and opportunities of the future.
Board governance evaluations and workshops for society changing organizations.
Risk management strategies which negotiate risk and uncertainty from the perspective of opportunity.
Leadership development (including CEO Performance Management) which drives the skills of your Board, senior executives & workforce
“Really thrilled to have a new vision that speaks to me and an awesome strategic plan that is sure to keep us busy on the right things.”
“Steven Bowman of Conscious Governance lead a thought- provoking discussion on strategic management, encouraging attendees to tap into their sense of curiosity, overcome their own and others’ judgement and facilitate strategic conversations with other leaders and stakeholders...”
Sectors we work with…
“I honestly didn’t expect that a middle-aged male (no ageist or sexist disrespect at all intended) without the distraction of overheads, could keep me engaged for the best part of four hours. How wrong I was! I have never written down so many helpful gems in a presentation before. I enjoyed and learned from every minute of the session.
Thank you most sincerely for your engagement and delivery. It was great! I look forward to putting into practice my newfound learnings…”
Meet the Team
Steven Bowman
Steven is a seasoned Board adviser, with a great depth of experience and skill facilitating Board reviews and strategic planning process. He has held numerous senior executive, CEO and Board positions with some of the USA and Australia’s most prestigious organizations, as well as authoring and co-authoring over 14 books on governance, strategy, risk and executive leadership.
Acknowledged as a pioneer in the field of strategic awareness, Steven has built a reputation around the world as an adviser who empowers his clients by offering multiple perspectives on any given challenge.
Chutisa Bowman
Pragmatic Futurist, author and speaker, Chutisa Bowman is best-known for her work in strategic awareness, prosperity consciousness and conscious leadership.
She draws on her background as a senior executive in listed companies, entrepreneur, executive adviser, media contributor, author and keynote speaker. Chutisa has devoted her career to inspiring people to challenge today’s certainties and consciously create a future of their choosing.
Brendan Walsh
For more than three decades, Brendan has been a passionate and inspired contributor to nonprofits in Australia. His substantial experience includes roles as Senior Executive, CEO, Director and Board Chair of a number of highly successful and strategically focussed organizations. He has worked in community and social enterprises, as well State and Local Governments. He has also spent close to a decade in private sector consulting roles in nonprofit and healthcare strategy, and including ICT.
Brendan has a passion for transforming organizations to better support the people and communities they serve. He also has interest and experience in helping organisations to identify and seize opportunities for alliances, partnerships and when appropriate, mergers. He has direct experience in mergers that led to creation of a national alliance of disability support providers. The alliance and members now deliver supports of close to $1b AUD, Australia wide.
Anna Field
Anna is the Office Manager at Conscious Governance, with applied skills across the finance and communications spectrum. Described as friendly and efficient, Anna takes an organized approach to co-ordinating a range of activities including accounts, marketing and customer relations.
Anna is passionate about helping others and is inspired by the communicative power of digital media. She enjoys finding new ways to contribute to the success of the team.
“[The 2 hr strategic planning training session] was easily the most valuable two hours of training I have been to in a very long time. It was refreshing to move through content at a healthy pace, and to be singularly focused on what is practical and what works. Thank you.”