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The SGA blog provides thought-provoking commentary on topical stories in sports governance, developments in the legal, regulatory and business environments, and opinions from our network of experts and collaborators.

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    Compassionate leadership: a key influencer on governance

    Date: 7th Nov 2023

    Divya Mahendran, Head of Governance at CoSteer, explains how compassionate leadership is a key influencer on governance, helping to improve the environment for your people, decision making and organisational performance.

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    Better board packs - a guide for writing and using board papers

    Date: 15th Aug 2023

    Following on from a recent Huddle poll on the quality of board packs, Tara Granea shares a guide developed at Tchoukball UK to help those on both sides of the process of producing quality papers.

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    Governance reforms at the WRU

    Date: 18th Apr 2023

    Emily Ford, Policy Adviser at The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland, looks at the the board changes recently voted through at the Welsh Rugby Union.

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    Governance in profile - Kevin Carpenter

    Date: 11th Apr 2023

    Kevin Carpenter, sports lawyer, Head of Integrity at the International Table Tennis Federation and INED (chair) at Sports Officials UK, gives us an insight into his route into the governance profession and the sports sector.

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    Realising the power of People Planning

    Date: 30th Mar 2023

    Kristen Natale, Head of Volunteering at Sport England shares her thoughts on the new requirement on people planning in the revised Code for Sports Governance released by Sport England and UK Sport in December 2021.

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