Our Board Advisory Services

“Effective evaluations provide a pathway for boards, committees and individual directors to objectively assess their individual and collective strengths and weaknesses and implement plans for continuous improvement.”

Each Board Evaluation is specific to a company or specific to particular areas that the Board wishes to focus on. 

After discussions with the Chair, we develop an evaluation template to review the board and its effectiveness.  This may or may not include individual member assessment.

Generally the requirements for an optimally functioning Board are:

1. Composition:

       Correct calibre, skills & experience, capacity & diversity. 

2. Chair:   

        Understands his/her role, sets tone of the meeting, manages meeting 

        agenda, holds board members to account. 

3. Directors: 

        Each understand their role, understand the business and industry, come 

        prepared & participate actively. 

4. Executive Management: 

        Have a good working relationship with board (specifically CEO), produces a 

        high-quality board pack. Suitably qualified executives. 

5. Company Secretary:

        Knowledgeable & active, provides assistance & advice to board. 

6. Culture:   

        Having a culture for robust discussions & equal participation. 

7. Effective meeting Management:   

        Time management, next steps and follow-up, members prepared & 

         participate. Ability to identify 'Red Flags'. 

8. Quality of information: 

         Timeous & reliable information from management & board committees.  

Contact us to discuss your specific requirements.