Lead your own high-quality board evaluation without sacrificing rigour, depth, or objectivity.
Better Boards gives you structured access to industry benchmarks, comparisons across all dimensions of effective boards, and automated calculations that cut through the complexity.
Generate clear graphs, actionable reports and get insight you can trust for meaningful reflection and continuous improvement.
Ambitious boards trust Better Boards
When you’re responsible for governance, quality matters
Spreadsheets, static surveys and generic templates can only reflect internal data—they miss important external context.
Without access to industry benchmarks and comparisons across all dimensions of effective boards, you can’t provide your board with vital context that can proof to be crucial crucial for the agenda.
Better Boards changes that. Our platform gives you the depth, independence and research-based tools you need to run a high-impact evaluation—with advanced features like live progress tracking, automated calculations, graph and report generation, and access to benchmarks and comparisons across all dimensions of effective boards.
You get the full picture: what’s working, what’s holding you back, and how your board compares to others in your industry, region, or organisation type.
A research-backed platform, built for internal leadership
The Better Boards platform puts board evaluation firmly in your hands – without compromising breadth and depth of data and insights.
Designed for governance leaders, including Company Secretaries, Portfolio Development Directors, and professionals across various sectors, it delivers a complete solution: from setup and survey design to analysis, benchmarking, and reporting.
Backed by peer-reviewed research and certified to ISO 27001 standards, the platform combines qualitative and quantitative analysis, real-time progress tracking, and automated report generation.
Individualised reports help each Director understand their unique impact, while comparative data shows where your board stands against peers.
Whether used for annual check-ins, post-integration reviews, or to comply with the requirements of corporate governance codes, Better Boards delivers insight you can trust – and act on.
The “7-Hallmarks of Effective Boards” is our peer-reviewed research,
published in the US, the UK and across Europe by Dr Sabine Dembkowski.
Grounded in research,
proven in practice
The Better Boards approach is grounded in peer-reviewed research: the 7 Hallmarks of Effective Boards. This proprietary methodology is proven to deliver meaningful, measurable results.
Developed by seasoned board advisors and validated internationally, each hallmark is a powerful lever for maximising the performance and effectiveness of both the collective and each individual Director.
Client success stories: driving performance from the top
Clarity for each Director, perspective for the collective
Evaluation outcomes are presented in unique reports for each board member, emphasizing their roles and how they can further contribute to the board’s success.
Combined with collective insights, this creates a shared understanding and a clear starting point for board development and action planning.
Why ambitious boards choose Better Boards
With user-friendly tools, expert support if needed, and research-led rigour throughout, it’s the smart choice for internal evaluations that have lasting impact.
A framework
you can trust
Built on peer-reviewed research, published internationally
Better Boards is the internal board evaluation solution grounded in a proven, peer-reviewed methodology.
The 7 Hallmarks of Effective Boards provide a clear, evidence-based framework for diagnosing performance and guiding the structured and systematic development of your board.
Credible, and proven in practice, it brings clarity and consistency to every internal review.
Independence without compromise
Run your own evaluations without losing depth or objectivity
Internal doesn’t have to mean informal. With Better Boards, you can lead high-quality evaluations independently, while maintaining the depth, objective insight, and benchmarking that external reviews offer.
The platform’s AI-enhanced analysis and individualised reporting ensure that insight remains sharp, actionable, and unbiased without the need for outside consultancy.
Scalable, flexible, and
easy to use
Designed to work across boards, business units, and reporting cycles
Whether you’re evaluating a single board or managing a portfolio across a group, Better Boards adapts to your needs.
The platform supports multiple evaluations, customisable questionnaires, generation of benchmarks and comparisons and automated report generation – all through an intuitive interface.
It’s built for governance professionals who want consistency, control, and the ability to track progress over time.
Data-driven, designed for impact
From insight to action,
in four simple steps
Our FLOW framework provides a clear, intuitive process for running internal board evaluations with confidence. It’s designed to help boards move smoothly from setup to insight to action.
Step 1: Familiarise and configure
Begin with an induction to the platform, then set up your board and committees.
Step 2: Localise the survey
Customise the questionnaire to suit your board’s roles and structure.
Step 3: Observe the results
Interpret the data using built-in analytics and benchmarking.
Step 4: Work the insights
Generate reports and use them to agree on practical, actionable next steps.
Access & Induction
Structured onboarding. Long-term capability
Better Boards provides clear instructions to help you embed the platform into your governance processes.
Whether you’re running a single evaluation or managing a multi-board portfolio, we’ll support you in building the internal capability to run evaluations consistently, independently, and with confidence.
Our platform is easy to use, but expert help is on hand if and when you need it.
Yes. The Better Boards platform is designed for governance professionals to lead high-quality evaluations in-house. You’ll have access to a proven framework, powerful analytics, and individualised reporting, all within an easy-to-use interface.
Very. You can customise the evaluation to fit your board’s structure, goals, and terminology. You can add, remove, or adapt questions, tailor the outputs, and easily run multiple evaluations across different boards or time periods.
Yes. The interface is intuitive and accessible – even for less tech-savvy users. Clear navigation, visual elements and built-in guidance make it simple for board members to engage meaningfully with the process.
Absolutely. The platform provides anonymised benchmarking data, enabling you to compare your board’s performance with peer groups and industry standards. This includes benchmarks and comparisons across all dimensions of effective boards, helping you gain deeper insights and prioritise your actions effectively.
The platform is easy to use and designed for independent use, but if you ever need help, our team is here to support you. We offer tailored induction sessions and ongoing in-person assistance to ensure your evaluation runs smoothly and delivers lasting value.
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