Toronto Governance Consultant
Boardroom Metrics provides corporate governance consulting to organizations in Toronto and across North America.
Our corporate governance consulting services include:
- Board evaluation
- CEO evaluation
- Consulting on governance effectiveness issues including Board role, structure and operations
- 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 Evaluation Services
We provide Board evaluation services to public, private and not-for-profit organizations across North America. Read about our Board Evaluation Process Consulting here.
Audited Board elements and recommendations include:
- Understanding of Board role
- Understanding of primary governance elements including risk, strategy and performance of the CEO
- Board structure, including # of Directors; terms; committees
- Board operations including:
- composition
- information
- processes like Board meetings and evaluations
- leadership of the Board and Committee Chairs
- culture including relationship with the CEO
CEO Evaluation Services
For Boards of Directors interested in understanding how well the CEO is executing their strategic plan.
Read about our CEO Evaluation Process Consulting here.
Audited CEO performance elements and recommendations include:
- CEO role elements including leadership, planning and annual goal achievement
- Relationship with the Board
- Leadership team perspectives
- best practices and other standard comparables
- detailed performance management planning and execution
Corporate Strategy Consulting
Our corporate strategy consulting services focus on strategy development, validation and oversight. Strategy is a key element of effective governance. 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
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.
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.
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Articles By Our Consultants
The Role of the Board in Strategic Planning
Why Boards Do Strategic Planning Strategic planning is a key responsibility of the Board. There are two reasons for preparing a strategic plan for the organization (many organizations get this wrong). The first is to mitigate risks to the organization. Identifying and mitigating risk [...]
Board Evaluation – Evaluating the Board Meeting
Every Board Evaluation should assess Board Meeting effectiveness The role of a governance Board is oversight of the organization. There are many Board processes for executing the oversight role. The most common Board process is the Board meeting, where Directors get together to discuss [...]
What to Expect from a Board Evaluation
The purpose of a Board evaluation is to identify opportunities for improving governance effectiveness. Governance is oversight of the organization. More effective governance means more effective oversight. Here’s what to expect from an external Board evaluation that helps improve governance effectiveness. 1. A measure [...]