Advisory and Fiduciary Board creation.
Board process improvement and management.
Board members and nonexecutive Chairmen.
Governance that promotes high quality earnings.
     
Provided Board leadership that created over $1.0 billion in value.  

Created more than 100 Boards for privately owned companies over the past 15 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
Board Assessments
 

The Board Group has created an on-line assessment tool that comprises 8 sections and 67 questions.  Board members, Owners and the CEO respond to questions in the following sections:


  • Does the Board Understand what the Owners want?
  • Does the Board have proper strategic information?
  • Does the Board have proper operational and financial information?
  • Does the process have sufficient and meaningful communication?
  • Is the meeting process effective?
  • Is the Board composition correct?
  • Are the results of the Board process valuable?
  • Is the CEO contributing to an effective Board process?

A sample of the first section of the on-line Board Alignment Assessment is shown below. When these sections are completed, a Board Alignment Assessment report is created. It shows how each group ranked the importance of these factors and how they rated the performance of the Board process. Based on the input from the Board members,CEO and Owners, recommendations are made for improving the effectiveness of the Board process.


  
  SAMPLE of Section 1  
     
  1 to 8 DOES THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OWNERS WANT?
     1. Do you agree with
       this statement?		 2. Which factors are most important?
    Strongly
Disagree 		  Strongly
Agree		 Dont
Know
Select Only 3 items
  1 2 3 4 5   x
a. The Board knows the level of company profit performance that is acceptable.
b. The Board knows the percentage of profit that the Owners are willing to reinvest in the company.
c. The Board knows the Owners' risk tolerances.
d. The Board knows the Owners' values and philosophies.
e. The Board knows what the Owners want from Board members and the Board process.
f. The Board knows the Owners' exit strategies and timing.
g. The Board knows the role of family members and Owners in the business.
i Do you have any additional comments about the wants and needs of the Owner(s)?
   
 
  
 
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