Board Measures®

Description

Board Measures® is a uniquely efficient, outcomes focused approach to measuring a corporate or trustee board’s effectiveness which can be adapted for governing bodies across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The Board Measures systemic approach compiles data on the underlying skills, knowledge and experience (competences) that are available to a board. Board members can apply the same level of judgement to the board's collective effectiveness. Factors that can be applied to their judgement of the board’s collective effectiveness include: * Observations over the review period of what happens in the boardroom; * How decisions are made, and the quality of debate when making them; * The appointments process for new board members; * The quality of reports by executives and staff to the board; * Behaviours of board colleagues towards each other and the reporting staff; and * The role played by the Chair in ensuring the board is working effectively. The value of the facilitator is in helping the board to analyse and interpret the outcomes. Board Measures’ methodological approach to evaluating the board's collective effectiveness minimises the amount of our facilitator's time involved with compiling and sifting data, which reduces costs. The facilitator helps the Chair and board to analyse and interpret their outcomes, highlighting blind spots in the board's collective effectiveness that they may not have realised themselves and recommending options for improving the board’s effectiveness. Board Measures is highly adaptable and represents real value for money. Board Measures is an ideal board evaluation system for enterprises of all sizes, and in particular for small and medium businesses (SMEs) and publicly accountable organisations. Board Measures is cost and time efficient for boards and the outputs can be utilised to support the directors’ annual appraisal cycle, onboarding and training programmes and succession planning for boards.

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