Governance Meetings

Governance meetings are where your organisation's structure evolves. In a dedicated, facilitated session, circle members review and process proposals to create, change, or remove roles, accountabilities, domains, and policies.

Supported governance formats

Nestr supports multiple governance frameworks out of the box:

• Holacracy: Full integrative decision-making process with structured proposal presentation, clarifying questions, reactions, objections, and integration rounds.
• Sociocracy: Consent-based decision making where proposals pass unless there is a reasoned objection, with rounds for input from every circle member.
• Structure meetings: A flexible governance format for teams using custom or hybrid self-organisation approaches, with configurable agenda steps.

How does a governance meeting work in Nestr?

Nestr guides your facilitator through the full governance meeting flow: opening round, agenda building from tensions, proposal presentation, clarifying questions, reactions, objections, and integration. Each step keeps the group focused and moving forward.

Unlike tactical meetings (which focus on operational work), governance meetings are about working ON the organisation, not IN it. The decisions made here shape how authority is distributed and how your team collaborates going forward.

Why use Nestr for governance meetings?

Every decision made in a governance meeting is automatically recorded and applied to your organisational structure. Roles, accountabilities, and policies update in real time, no manual maintenance required. Combined with governance playback, you get a complete history of how and why your organisation evolved.