About the Board of Directors Development Group

  • The Board of Directors Development Group provides support to organizations for building Boards and creating incremental improvement to high performing Boards
  • The Board of Directors Development Group starts most assignments with an assessment of the Board’s operations in working with the Chair of the Board and key leaders in assessing
    • Board alignment of the charter and purpose
    • Board roles and responsibilities
    • Board effectiveness
    • Board development
  • Core areas are identified from the assessment where concentration on improvement will create the most efficiency in Board operations
  • A work plan is formed from analysis of the assessment that concentrates on areas where optimum improvements will occur
    • Alignment of Board members with key organization planning processes to include addressing strategic actions
    • Identification of the correct performance metrics to use to track organization and board objectives and goals
    • Succession planning for Board members
    • Compensation planning that focuses on attracting, motivating and retaining high performance Boards
  • The expertise of Board of Directors Development Group Principals allows concentration of results on only those areas where high performance is assured
  • Delivery of solutions include a fully analyzed assessment of the Board of Directors
    • One on one coaching of Board members and the Board as a team
    • Facilitation of Board retreats
    • Creating success profiles used in staffing Boards
    • Conducting leadership development programs
    • Advice on effective management techniques for incumbents in key Chair positions
    • Building high performance team procedures and policies
    • Creating and implementing effective Director compensation plans
  • Organizations with high performing Boards continue to request better alignment of purpose between the Board, share and stake holders, senior management and employees
    • The Board of Directors Development Group works with organizations to insure each Board member shares a common understanding of what is the business of the organization, who are the primary customers and how is success measured
  • The definition of success for an organization continues to change at a high rate causing roles to change quickly as well
    • Working with organizations to identify core competencies of Board positions allows the Board of Directors Development Group to support Board needs for clear definition of roles of Board members, improved efficiencies of the Board and development of each Board member
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