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The 10 Best Ways to Improve Your Board

Nicholas Barnett shares his knowledge gained from inside some of the 180 boards he has reviewed to provide the 10 best ways to improve your board.

Culture & Ethics, Governance

2 new ESG Surveys to measure ESG performance from the inside

Board Benchmarking, has designed two new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) surveys to objectively measure an organisation’s ESG performance from the inside. These measures are an important addition to the current popular external measures of ESG performance that are made based on ESG questionnaires and published reports.

Board effectiveness, Director Effectiveness

5 steps to get the most out of your company director effectiveness reviews

Measuring and improving individual company director effectiveness is essential to improving overall board effectiveness. However, the process can be extremely disruptive and even de-motivating for directors if it is done poorly. The following is a brief guide, derived from decades of experience and hundreds of company director and board effectiveness surveys and reviews.

Culture & Ethics, Our Books and Research

ESG Sustainability Whitepaper

Nicholas Barnett and Senior Sustainability Advisor Dr Sugumar Mariappanadar PhD have co-authored a paper outlining two new frameworks for evaluating and improving organisation sustainability. Understanding and implementing these frameworks will help improve the long-term future of organisations, their investors and stakeholders, society, and the planet.

Board effectiveness, Governance

What legacy do you plan to leave as chair or as a director?

What legacy do you plan to leave when you step down from your board? Some directors would be pleased to be able to leave a legacy of having kept their board and their organisation on the straight and narrow and out of trouble, but most directors want to achieve more than that. Here's what we suggest you can do to add value and leave a positive legacy.

Board effectiveness, Governance

11 questions you should ask each year about your board committees

Most boards, even of smaller organisations, use board committees to support and streamline the work of the board. The board delegates to committees important oversight matters that would otherwise need to be carried out by the board, allowing the board to focus more time and effort on the more strategic and bigger picture issues. Here are 11 questions you should be asking at least once a year in relation to your board committees.

Board effectiveness

Should you be worried if your board is rated in the bottom quartile?

We have been asked this question by many Chairs and boards in the last 12 months once they have received their benchmarked Board Effectiveness Report. It is not surprising that boards have expressed concern that they are benchmarked in the bottom quartile.

Board effectiveness

How to choose the right board survey for your organisation

Board Benchmarking’s board effectiveness surveys have been designed for use by all shapes and sizes of organisations in all industries where their governance and laws align with the US or British systems. This includes US, UK, Ireland, most African countries, India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many Asian and South American countries. Here we look at how our 3 survey types compare and which is best for your organisation.

Board effectiveness

Beware of fake and simplistic benchmarking

We have all seen lots of different reporting that is claimed to constitute benchmarking but often such reporting makes us wonder whether what we are seeing is the genuine article. Some reports purport to tell us whether the relevant measure is good, ok or bad compared to others but when you scratch a little deeper, the relevant reports are based on false logic.

Board effectiveness

How to improve your “lite touch” board review

Most large organisations in Australia and many smaller organisations that are serious about good governance undertake an independent externally facilitated board review every two or three years. But what happens in the years in between? There are many options for a "lite touch" board review but here's how you can improve the process and outcomes.

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Browse our latest insights, research and resources for becoming a better board.

The 10 Best Ways to Improve Your Board

The 10 Best Ways to Improve Your Board

2 new ESG Surveys to measure ESG performance from the inside

5 steps to get the most out of your company director effectiveness reviews

ESG Sustainability Whitepaper

What legacy do you plan to leave as chair or as a director?

11 questions you should ask each year about your board committees

Should you be worried if your board is rated in the bottom quartile?

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How to choose the right board survey for your organisation

Beware of fake and simplistic benchmarking

How to improve your “lite touch” board review

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