Corporate Governance Consulting
Boardroom Metrics provides governance consulting and Board and CEO Evaluation services to organizations in North America.
Governance Consulting
Our governance consulting services focus on Board of Directors effectiveness. Governance effectiveness is improved when Boards and Directors share a consistent view of their role and learn how to focus on three key elements:
– identification and mitigation of risk
– validation and oversight of the strategic plan
– performance management of the CEO
Our governance services include:
– Board and CEO evaluations
– consulting on governance effectiveness issues including Board composition, information, leadership, processes and culture
– education of Directors and Senior Leadership Teams on governance and effective execution of their roles with respect to governance effectiveness
– coaching and mentoring of Board Chairs, Directors, CEO’s and senior leaders on their governance roles
Board Governance Assessment
For Boards of Directors interested in understanding what opportunities they have to upgrade their governance effectiveness, this service is efficient and cost effective. Read about our Board Governance Audit here.
Audited Board elements and recommendations include:
- Board role
- Board structure, including # of Directors; terms; committees
- Nominating process
- Board operating procedures including Board meeting audit
CEO Performance Assessment
For Boards of Directors interested in understanding how well the CEO is executing their strategic plan.
Audited CEO performance elements and recommendations include:
- CEO role elements including leadership, planning and annual goal achievement
- Relationship with the Board
- 360 performance assessment including the Board and leadership team perspectives
- best practices and other standard comparables
- detailed performance management planning and execution
Corporate Strategy Consulting
Corporate strategy consulting is crucial to corporate governance as the Board’s role is oversight of corporate strategy and performance of the CEO. Our corporate strategy consulting services focus on strategy development, validation and oversight. Strategy is a key element of effective governance. Like governance, we believe that strategy development and oversight effectiveness is maximized when those involved share a consistent definition of strategy and their role in the development and oversight processes. We work with Boards, CEO’s and Senior Leadership Teams on strategy effectiveness.
Our strategy consulting services include:
– leadership and facilitation of the strategy development process
– education of Directors and Leadership Teams on strategy, strategy development, validation and measurement
– consulting and mentoring to Directors and Leadership teams involved in strategy development and oversight
– tactical implementation expertise in business development, marketing and social media
Other Governance Consulting Services
We provide select additional consulting services of interest to organizations and Boards of Directors. They include:
– Social Media Marketing Consulting – we are experts at on-line visibility, search, and building communities. In fact, over 80% the projects we do result from clients finding us on-line (read more about Social Media Marketing Consulting here)
– Interim Management – over the years, our network of senior executive talent has grown to include leaders and subject matter experts in almost every corporate function and field. From marketing to human resources, technology to healthcare if you need someone fast, we can likely connect you with them (read more about interim management here).
Meet Jim Crocker, Chair of Boardroom Metrics and Consulting Practice Leader
Jim consults and speaks on corporate governance and strategy. A veteran CEO, Director and Consultant, Jim works with Boards and Leadership Teams, helping them identify and address opportunities for increasing the effectiveness of their corporate governance and strategy. He speaks regularly to industry and trade associations on the lessons and benefits of strong private corporate governance and strategy, and best practices for achieving both.
Download This Template for a Board Strategic Plan Presentation
This template outlines the important elements of a strategic plan and how it might be presented to a Board of Directors interested in effective corporate governance. This is a template we use at Boardroom Metrics.
Two Best Practices for Private Business Corporate Governance
Understanding what the best corporate governance practices are for their private business isn’t a question we get from many private company owners…
Podcast: Private Business Corporate Governance
In this podcast Jim shares his perspective on the benefits of corporate governance for private business and how to implement it.
Five simple tips to make Board strategic planning more effective
A Board has three roles: identifying and mitigating risk, validating and overseeing the strategic plan and performance managing the CEO. Regarding the strategic plan, there is lots of governance confusion. Many Boards see it as their role to develop the strategic plan. They don’t need to – and in most cases they shouldn’t. The strategic plan needs to be built by people who understand two things…
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