Induction is one of the most practical ways of ensuring new Management Committee members understand their role, the workings of the organisation and their relationship with others in and outside the organisation.  All organisations, regardless of their size and purpose, should provide an induction programme for new Committee members.  The better your induction, the more effective new members will be!  Create a standard induction process for new members and reduce your ongoing training requirements.

Just setting this up?  Here’s some ideas for how to ensure that existing members have the same information:

• involve the full committee in agreeing what the induction should cover and in discussing and approving any documentation provided at induction
• provide all members with an induction pack for reference and
• set aside part of a meeting to go through the planned induction with existing members and get their feedback on what was covered or items missing

Download:  Checklist: Induction of New Members