The gedeputeerde staten are the executive councillors of a Dutch province. Together with the Queen's Commissioner

Queen's Commissioner

The Queen's Commissioner is the head of a province in the Netherlands, who is chairman of both the Provinciale Staten and the Gedeputeerde Staten , but only has a right to vote in the latter...

 they form the College van Commissaris van de Koningin en Gedeputeerde Staten, which is the executive council of the province. States Deputed are elected by the States Provincial, the elected assembly of the province. The members of the States Deputed all have their own competence on which they prepare, coordinate and plan policy and legislation for the States Provincial and execute legisation. The States Deputed have the duty to inform the States Provincial on all aspects of their policy. The States Deputed functions a collegial body

Collegiality

Collegiality is the relationship between colleagues.Colleagues are those explicitly united in a common purpose and respecting each other's abilities to work toward that purpose...

and most decisions are taken by consensus.