Board evaluation

type: Resource
date: 01/05/15

Director competency framework

Director competency framework

This framework helps directors and boards develop governance capability and measure their performance.

Board evaluation
Chairing

type: Resource
date: 09/03/22

Board appointment checklist

Board appointment checklist

Self-assess your suitability for a board role.

type: Board practices
date: 08/08/25

Building future-ready boards

Building future-ready boards

Governing bodies must lift their capability to meet rising risks. Here’s why they should invest – and what’s standing in their way.

type: Guide
date: 21/02/25

Board Evaluation – A quick guide

Board Evaluation – A quick guide

A five-step quick guide to help you consider the key aspects of a board evaluation to ensure it delivers real value.

type: Board practices
date: 21/02/25

Evaluating before the failures

Evaluating before the failures

The UK Post Office scandal highlights critical importance of ethical leadership, accountability and stakeholder engagement.

type: Board practices
date: 27/10/26

Leave before the board wants you to

Leave before the board wants you to

Poor board performance rarely starts with a crisis. Directors share the warning signs – and how to act before an exit is forced.

Board dynamics
Board evaluation
Succession Planning

type: Director duties
date: 17/09/26

Boardroom Premium

Borrowed credibility is not due diligence

Borrowed credibility is not due diligence

Not-for-profit boards may lack big recruitment budgets, but cannot afford shortcuts. Due diligence depends more on discipline than dollars.

Board evaluation
Due diligence
Not-for-profit governance

type: Board practices
date: 23/07/26

Good boards don't assume they have all the answers

Good boards don't assume they have all the answers

After rebuilding its governance foundations, Scouts Aotearoa used an independent board evaluation to identify where it could continue to…

Board evaluation

type: Board practices
date: 11/03/26

Looking in the mirror: why effective boards evaluate themselves

Looking in the mirror: why effective boards evaluate themselves

Holding management to account starts with holding the board to account.

Board evaluation

type: Board practices
date: 28/11/25

Breaking the board evaluation stigma

Breaking the board evaluation stigma

Board evaluations aren’t a sign that something is wrong – they’re one of the clearest signs a board is focused on doing things right.

Board evaluation

type: Board practices
date: 21/11/25

Boardroom Premium

Biggest mover in Datamine’s new director rankings revealed

Biggest mover in Datamine’s new director rankings revealed

Freightways and Auckland Airport director David Grant Devonport rises 26 places into the top 20 in the Boardroom Table.

Accountability
Board evaluation
NZX

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 07/07/25

First among equals? Not if they are underperforming

First among equals? Not if they are underperforming

From Volkswagen to Uber, high-profile board failures show the cost of avoiding hard calls on chair performance.

Board evaluation
Chairing

type: Finance
date: 27/06/25

Steering clear of storms: Hard lessons for New Zealand boards

Steering clear of storms: Hard lessons for New Zealand boards

Good governance isn’t just structure – it’s vigilance, swift adaptability and tough capital calls in uncertain economic waters.

Board evaluation