OUR PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS
Helping you build the most effective boards
Whatever stage your board is at, our three core solutions empower you to conduct rigorous, impactful, evidence-based board evaluations and board development programmes.
Company Secretaries, Portfolio Development Directors and Partners in Professional Service firms can access our board evaluation platform without booking any advisory services. Unrivalled automated analysis, graph generation and comparisons offer actionable insights: all delivered via our revolutionary board evaluation platform.
FULLY FACILITATED EXTERNAL EVALUATIONS
Combine classical in-depth interview techniques with cutting-edge technology
Our ISO27001 processes are squarely focused on delivering the most impactful board evaluations and increasing board effectiveness and board performance. Our streamlined approach is flexible: you choose the elements you wish to include in your board evaluation that fit your requirements and budget.
Kick-off meeting
with training element
We take your board through our peer reviewed research findings and the 7-Hallmarks of effective boards. Each hallmark is a lever individual Directors and the collective can use to increase effectiveness and overall board performance.
In-depth
interviews
We conduct in-depth interviews that draw on our proprietary research. Our board advisors are trained in in-depth interview techniques that uncover what really matters for your board.
Better Boards digital boards evaluation platform
Far more than a simple digital questionnaire and box-ticking exercise. The platform is intuitive and sophisticated. Benefit from a research-based questionnaire you can tailor to for the different roles on the board, automated analysis, comparisons with other boards and year-on-year, graph generation and individualised reports.
Interview
report
Insightful and action-oriented, our reports draw on our proprietary research to truly go beyond the standard board evaluation reports.
Individualised
reports
Generated for each of your Directors to help them to be more impactful in the boardroom and to contribute to overall effectiveness.
Working session with the Company Secretariat and Chair
Our working sessions ensure the findings and analysis for your board are turned into an action plan that generates real results. In the sessions we help to set the right priorities.
Individual confidential
feedback sessions
Our approach provides a richness of data that is unparalleled. We help each Director understand what they can do to make a greater contribution to the overall effectiveness and board performance. The conversations are conducted in a coaching style and ensure every Director has an action plan to advance both their performance and board career.
Final presentation
and results discussion
Here we highlight key findings, provide comparisons and good practice insights and propose an action plan.
Group
working session
These working sessions are designed to the specific needs of the board, varying in length from 2 hours to 2 days. In this session we create board-specific solutions that generate real results.
INTERNAL BOARD EVALUATIONS.
Leverage our revolutionary platform for your internal board evaluations
If you are a Company Secretaries or a Portfolio Development Directors you can access our board evaluation platform freeing you from the need for booking any additional advisory services. Unrivalled automated analysis, graph generation and comparisons offer actionable insights: all delivered via our revolutionary board evaluation platform.
Training session
Better Boards approach
We take you through our research on effective boards and show you how you can use our platform. Our platform is sophisticated yet intuitive and easy to use, providing you with all you need for your board evaluation.
Setting up your
board evaluation.
The set up of your board evaluation is intuitive and quick. Our technicians are on hand to help if required. In addition, we can provide a concierge service where we do the set up for you.
Individual set
up session
We can take you through the process of tailoring our questionnaire, ensuring you get exactly what you need from our platform.
Group set
up session
Our group setup sessions enable powerful peer-learning. Representatives of organisations can come together to collectively discuss the setup and requirements of their specific board evaluations.
Analysing
the results
We have done the work so that you do not have to. The analysis of the quantitative data is automated – including the generation of graphs and comparisons to other boards and year-on-year. The analysis of qualitative data is made easy with thought-out interfaces.
Individual
analysis session
We discuss the results of your board evaluation. We help you prepare action plans, future working sessions and with the communication to your board.
Group
Analysis Session
Our group analysis session allows you to talk with peers about the analysis and results of your evaluation. You do not not only benefit from our expertise but also learn from peers. Participants quite often realise that the issues and challenges are similar and new ideas emerge.
Results and
action planning
Our platform is designed to do the hard work for you. We provide powerful analysis, generate graphs and comparisons to other boards. The generated data and analysis offer a solid foundation for your action planning.
Group session
(3 months post evaluation)
The group comes together again after three months to reflect on the progress of their board performance and share learnings and insights from the evaluation, action planning and implementation.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
A data-driven, systematic approach to board development and effectiveness
Continuously develop your board in the most efficient and effective way. Our data-driven, individualised approach ensures that you focus your resources on what really matters and generates results.
Interview
report
Insightful and action-oriented, our reports draw on our proprietary research to provide the insights you need for a focused development programme.
Individualised
reports
Generated for each of your Directors to help them to be more impactful in the boardroom and to contribute to overall effectiveness.
Working session with the Company Secretary & Chair
Our working sessions ensure the findings and analysis for your board are turned into an action plan that generates real results. In these sessions, we agree on the 3-5 key insights from the interviews and the individualised reports and discuss the focus areas for the board development.
Agenda
creation
Based on the outcome of the working session with the Company Secretary and the Chair we draft an agenda and create the content for each item.
Working session with the Company Secretary & Chair
We discuss the proposed agenda and outline the content for each agenda item. Our systematic approach can result in several sessions. In these instances, we track improvement, assess progress and re-align on the priorities for each group working session.
Group
Working Sessions
These working session/s are tailored to be fit for purpose for each board, varying in length from 2 hours to 2 days. In this session we create board specific solutions that generate real results.
Access & Training
Whether you are a Company Secretary, Portfolio Development Director or Professional Service firm we can provide you with access to our platform to enable you to conduct the most impactful board evaluations. We can even adapt the platform to your Corporate Identity. Training and technical support are all part of the service.
Whatever stage you’re at with your next board evaluation, please get in contact with one of our team to find out more.