Board Performance – Top 10
An essential aid to improved board performance
Simple tips to ensure your board of directors is the best it can be.
- You are fully aware of your responsibilities and have clarity of your role.
- The organisation has a compelling vision that aligns and inspires employees about the future.
- The organisation’s 3 values are verbs that show the way, leaders are role models and these values inform decisions.
- There is an unambiguous strategy, with key objectives that prioritise resource allocation.
- The Board focus on the longer-term and the external environment to build a resilient and sustainable organisation.
- Board papers are timely, concise, precise and consistent so that meetings are used for thinking not reporting.
- Concerns and risks are surfaced early and openly discussed.
- The Board has a balance of skills and experiences, its members participate in constructive challenge, debate and evaluate options.
- There is effective follow up of all agreed Board actions, they should not be buried in the minutes.
- There is periodic review of the Board performance and that of individual directors, key learnings are implemented.
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