Board Evaluation Toronto Consulting Boardroom Metrics provides Board Evaluation services to public, private and not-for-profit organizations in Toronto and throughout North America. Board Evaluation Objectives to evaluate current Board [...]
Recently, I was contacted by a friend looking for some governance insight. She had been approached to be the Chair of a young, fast growing start-up. Although she didn’t have [...]
Why Boards Fail Often (more often than it seems) Good governance is a nice concept. In theory, it leads to organizational health and sustainability. However, the reality is that Boards [...]
What is Corporate Governance? Corporate governance is most effective when Directors share a common definition of corporate governance, the Board’s governance role and the key building blocks for achieving [...]
Board Composition and Board Size. How many Directors should your Board have? Nine. Seven. Nineteen. Ok. It depends. Here’s how to think about it: The logic of Board Size [...]
Here are the four most common findings from our Board evaluation work over the past ten years: 1. Directors seldom share a common understanding of the Board’s role. A [...]
As association governance evolves, Board composition increasingly values Director competence. Competency based Boards engage Directors based on their specific knowledge and expertise. Traditionally, associations and many other NFP Boards [...]
“Strategy is a waste of time”. Lots of private business owners we know feel this way because their private business has achieved a high degree of success without strategy. Why [...]