Assess for Success: CEO & Management Evaluation & Insights

Orange Sky

Learn how the board at Orange Sky engaged Nasdaq Governance Solutions and Board Matters to evaluate its board, governance framework and strategic focus, resulting in a clear picture of board dynamics, priorities and practices.

5 Keys to Enhancing Governance Excellence with Board Assessments

A well-designed board evaluation process identifies opportunities for improvement and turns director feedback into action. Working with a third party can help ensure customised and streamlined design and facilitation. Find out more about the elements of a well-designed board evaluation process and how a third party can help.

How to Be an Effective Board Member

Shifting dynamics in the boardroom may affect the board's effectiveness. To revitalise and refresh dynamics in the boardroom, assess the board's composition. Here’s a closer look at the traits that help foster healthy dynamics, as well as potential barriers to being an effective board member.

Cognitive Diversity and Board Performance

Cognitive diversity is a prerequisite for effective decision-making by boards. It's not enough for directors to be gender and ethnically diverse: improved board performance demands they are cognitively diverse. Here's a closer look at the transformative effect of cognitive diversity on board performance.

The value of board evaluations

A well-designed board evaluation is key to driving director engagement and improving board effectiveness. Learn why boards should conduct board evaluations, how to optimise the process and why a third-party facilitator may help promote the candour of director responses and offer an independent perspective.

Identifying Biases in the Boardroom

Effective boards understand the link between openness, self-awareness and biases – and how they may affect decision-making. Boards often rely on individual directors to recognise and control their own biases. To do so, directors must first understand some of the different types of biases outlined in the Cognitive Bias Codex.

Succession planning: preparations for the inevitable

Corporate Secretary's 'Succession planning: Preparations for the inevitable' report presents data collected from a survey conducted among in-house governance professionals such as general counsel and company secretaries. It provides important insights into, among other things, who is typically in charge of succession planning, who and what is included in plans and how often boards review their company's plans.

Board Due for a Tune-Up? Get Aligned with Board Evaluations

Consider your organisation's board and management team: Is there room for improvement? Based on the Nasdaq Governance Solutions board engagement team's discussions with boards, the answer is typically "yes."

CEO & Management Evaluations Factsheet

Board Evaluations Factsheet

Board evaluations help identify continuous improvement opportunities for your board, promote board and management alignment, and turn director feedback into strategic action. Learn how Nasdaq Governance Solutions customises the board evaluation process and provides actionable reporting to help you build a better board.

Nasdaq EnGauge Security Factsheet

The Nasdaq EnGauge platform has multiple security measures in place to help safeguard sensitive board data. Find out more about its industry-standard certifications, application security, infrastructure security, personnel security and process security.

Why Nasdaq Governance Solutions factsheet

Nasdaq Governance Solutions provides a suite of governance technologies that enables boards and leadership teams to work at peak performance. See why our solutions are trusted by thousands of public, private and non-profit organisations worldwide and how we stack up against the competition.

Nasdaq Board Evaluations vs. Nasdaq Boardvantage Surveys

With Nasdaq Governance Solutions, you can identify continuous improvement opportunities for your board, promote board and management alignment and turn board member feedback into strategic action. Whether partnering with The Nasdaq Board Advisory team to develop effective and customisable evaluation processes from start to finish, or simply surveying board members with Nasdaq Boardvantage, we have the people and technology to ensure your board and leadership teams operate at peak performance.