{"id":38163,"date":"2023-03-24T19:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=38163"},"modified":"2023-06-16T02:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T02:20:59","slug":"close-gap-between-unions-and-boards-for-good-corporate-governance-iod-ghana-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/close-gap-between-unions-and-boards-for-good-corporate-governance-iod-ghana-2","title":{"rendered":"Close gap between unions and boards for good corporate governance \u2013IoD-Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute of Directors (IoD) -Ghana, Mr. Clement Wiredu, has advised organisations to take thoughtful steps towards bridging the gap between the Board of Directors (BoD) and worker unions.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>He said that was necessary to ensure peaceful work environment for productivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that people miss increasingly in governance in the corporate world is the role of unions. And I have seen many people talk about governance, and talk about the board, talk about CEO but even when the organisation has a union, they are not even on the Management Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we start to define and get into good corporate governance, we must evolve around looking at unions as part of management,\u201d he said in an engagement with the media.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wiredu emphasised that unions must be involved in governance of organisations and that it was not enough to simply inform them of issues of the organisations.<\/p>\n<p>He said involvement of unions in Management built trust among all and promoted good working relationship between Management and workers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Theodore Albright, Managing Consultant at The Family Office Africa, and Fellow of IoD-Gh Ana, urged board members to learn and understand more about the organisations whose board they represented.<\/p>\n<p>He said that was important because it was the only way they could come out with relevant strategies to address challenges within the organisations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute of Directors (IoD) -Ghana, Mr. Clement Wiredu, has advised organisations to take thoughtful steps towards bridging the gap between the Board of Directors (BoD) and worker unions. 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