Board evaluation

type: Resource

Director competency framework

Director competency framework

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

Board evaluation
Chairing

type: Resource

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

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: 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

type: IMHO
date: 14/11/24

OPINION

IMHO: I don't care where, as long as I'm chair

IMHO: I don't care where, as long as I'm chair

Can a successful director translate their success to another board? Maybe.

Board composition
Board evaluation
Chairing

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 02/10/24

How to test your value

How to test your value

To fully understand if you are adding value, you need to evaluate yourself through four lenses.

Board evaluation

type: Board practices
date: 03/05/24

GNDI board performance evaluation guidelines

GNDI board performance evaluation guidelines

The GNDI Board Performance Evaluation Guidelines provide global insights that boards can use when approaching their next board evaluation.

Board evaluation

date: 24/11/23

2023 Director Sentiment Survey

2023 Director Sentiment Survey

Inflation and the cost of living are the top concerns for boards, according to the Director Sentiment Survey 2023.

Board evaluation
Climate change
Conflict of interests

type: Leadership
date: 06/10/23

Seeking expert advice

Seeking expert advice

Before boards seek professional advice they need to know what advice they need. After they get it, they need to know what to do with it.

Board evaluation
Crisis management
Decision making

type: Leadership
date: 07/09/23

Is your governance structure fit for purpose?

Is your governance structure fit for purpose?

Two high profile governance reviews have hit the headlines this week from very different quarters – what can your boards learn from them?

Board evaluation
Leadership