Priti Shah is widely known and highly respected for her work in the area of board governance and has personally worked with hundreds of board members from across the country. She has facilitated board meetings, annual general meetings, workshops, retreats and strategic planning sessions for small and large boards, as well as small and large organizations. Her facilitation style is engaging, inclusive and effective.

PRAXIS Consulting consults to organizations and boards in the following areas:

• Development of Mission, Vision, Values Statements
• Strategic Planning
• Board and Organizational Retreats
• Meeting Facilitation
• Board Evaluation
• CEO Evaluation
• Coaching of Executive or Board Chair
• Development of Job and Board Position Descriptions
• Development of Committee Terms of Reference
• Preparation of Board Packages
• Development of Board Manuals
• Oath of Confidentiality
• Code of Conduct
• Policy Development
• Bylaw Development, Review and Revision

PRAXIS Consulting also offers training services on the following topics:

• • Orientation of New Board Members
  • The Role of the Board and Board Members
  • Good Governance
  • Governance Models for Boards
  • Conducting Effective Meetings
  • Role of the Chair
  • Legal Duties and Liabilities of Board
  • Confidentiality
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Risk Management and Insurance
  • Board Member Recruitment and Succession Planning
  • Decision-Making Tools and Strategies
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Rules of Procedure
  • Board Evaluation
  • CEO Evaluation
  • Building Better Board Bylaws and Board Member Handbooks

Board Resources

• • Corporate Governance – What Directors Need to Know, Carol Hansell
  • Making Boards Work – What Directors Must Do to Make Canadian Boards Effective, David S.R. Leighton and Donald Thein
  • Corporate Boards That Create Value – Governance Company Performance From the Boardroom, John Carver and Caroline Oliver
  • On Board Leadership, John Carver
  • Boards That Deliver – Advancing Corporate Governance from Compliance to Competitive Advantage, Ram Charan
  • Excellence in The Boardroom – Best Practises in Corporate Directorship, William A. Dimma
  • Non-Profit Boards that Work – The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance, Maureen K. Robinson
  • Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effect, David A. Nadler
  • Getting to Great – Principles of Health Care Organization Governance, Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff
  • Corporate Governance Best Practises, Frederick D. Lipman, L. Keith Lipman
  • Governing for Results – A Director’s Guide to Good Governance, Mel D. Gill
  • Creating Effective Boards for Private Enterprises, John L. Ward
  • Essentials of Corporate Governance, Sanjay Anand
  • Governance as Leadership, Reframing the Work of NonProfit Boards, Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, Barbara E. Taylor
  • The Imperfect Board Member: Discovering the Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence, Jim Brown
  • Robert’s Rules Of Order Newly Revised, Henry M. Robert
  • The Nonprofit Board Answer Book: A Practical Guide, BoardSource
  • Before You Say Yes…A guide to the pleasures and pitfalls of volunteer boards, Doreen Pendgracs
  • Confidence at the Board Table, Hugh Goldie