Governance Solutions / Board Evaluations
Measure board effectiveness with evaluations.
Our Board Advisory Team helps boards turn evaluations into strategic assets, achieve excellence, and confidently lead their organizations into the future.
Why Nasdaq Board Evaluations?
Identify and act on growth opportunities with us
Regardless of size or industry, Nasdaq’s Board Advisory Team has helped organizations turn board evaluations into strategic assets. Our team of experts partners with clients to craft and execute written board evaluations, facilitate follow-up interviews, visualize key findings, and turn evaluation results into productive effectiveness insights and action points.
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Regardless of size or industry, Nasdaq’s Board Advisory Team has helped organizations turn board evaluations into strategic assets. Our team of experts partners with clients to craft and execute written board evaluations, facilitate follow-up interviews, visualize key findings, and turn evaluation results into productive effectiveness insights and action points.
Board Advisory Team
Meet Our Team
From firsthand experience as C-suite executives, general counsel, and directors—and by working with boards across organizations and industries—our team understands what it takes to run a successful board.
Keys to Board Evaluations Success
A well-executed evaluation drives board excellence
A strategically designed board evaluation process can foster a constant desire to improve. Our board evaluations encourage continual reflection, candid discussion, and—most importantly—focused action.
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A strategically designed board evaluation process can foster a constant desire to improve. Our board evaluations encourage continual reflection, candid discussion, and—most importantly—focused action.
A cost-effective third-party facilitator
Our third-party analysis of evaluation results showcases board strengths and highlights gaps in performance. Understanding these areas can help promote deeper board engagement and encourage directors to utilize their unique perspectives to enhance board performance.
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Our third-party analysis of evaluation results showcases board strengths and highlights gaps in performance. Understanding these areas can help promote deeper board engagement and encourage directors to utilize their unique perspectives to enhance board performance.
Measurable results and actionable insights for boards
Our board evaluation process turns feedback into productive discussions and highlights key action points. Leverage evaluation results to show management, employees, and investors that you care about the performance of the organization and its stakeholders.
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Our board evaluation process turns feedback into productive discussions and highlights key action points. Leverage evaluation results to show management, employees, and investors that you care about the performance of the organization and its stakeholders.
Board evaluation process & methodology
Our team’s evaluation methodology adds value every step of the way.
Step 1
Consult with you to design a custom evaluation
Customization requires understanding your needs. Our team will review your organization’s information to tailor the evaluation process and develop questions based on your industry, business model, governance structure, and more.
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Customization requires understanding your needs. Our team will review your organization’s information to tailor the evaluation process and develop questions based on your industry, business model, governance structure, and more.
Step 2
Gather written responses from your board
After we deliver unique evaluation links to your directors, it’s easy for them to submit responses through the Nasdaq EnGauge™ platform. Responses are auto-saved so directors can pause and revisit the evaluation as needed. Plus, you have the ability to monitor evaluation completion rates.
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After we deliver unique evaluation links to your directors, it’s easy for them to submit responses through the Nasdaq EnGauge™ platform. Responses are auto-saved so directors can pause and revisit the evaluation as needed. Plus, you have the ability to monitor evaluation completion rates.
Step 3
Provide a forum for individual follow-ups
One-on-one interviews allow for deeper discussions with directors, who can add valuable and candid insights. And by working with a third party like our Board Advisory Team, directors’ anonymity is protected.
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One-on-one interviews allow for deeper discussions with directors, who can add valuable and candid insights. And by working with a third party like our Board Advisory Team, directors’ anonymity is protected.
STEP 4
Synthesize results and present findings to your board
An aggregated, anonymized report includes our data analysis and describes action areas that let you move forward and improve your board. Plus, our Board Advisory Team can facilitate a presentation and Q&A session to help you optimize for key action points.
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An aggregated, anonymized report includes our data analysis and describes action areas that let you move forward and improve your board. Plus, our Board Advisory Team can facilitate a presentation and Q&A session to help you optimize for key action points.
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Case Study
Orange Sky Case Study
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Guide
5 Keys to Powering Governance Excellence with Board Evaluations
A well-designed board evaluation process identifies opportunities for improvement and turns director feedback into action. Working with a third party can help ensure customized and streamlined design and facilitation. Learn more about the elements of a well-designed board evaluation process and how a third party can help.
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Guide
How to Be An Effective Board Member
Shifting dynamics in the boardroom may impact the board’s effectiveness. To re-energize and refresh dynamics in the boardroom, evaluate the board’s composition. Here’s a closer look at the traits that help encourage healthy dynamics, as well as potential barriers to being an effective board members.
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Guide
Is Your Board Future-Ready? The Expertise You'll Need
A future-ready board adds value by augmenting opportunity identification and maintaining its duties to investors and stakeholders. To optimize your board, evaluate its composition and ensure it reflects your company’s values. Discover the different elements of a future-ready board.
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Guide
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.
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Guide
The Value in Board Evaluations
A well-designed board evaluation is key for driving director engagement and boosting board effectiveness. Learn why boards should conduct board evaluations, how to optimize the process, and why a third-party facilitator may help promote the candor of director responses and offer an independent perspective.
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Guide
Identifying Biases in the Boardroom
Effective boards understand the link between openness, self-awareness, and biases—and how they may impact decision-making. Boards often rely on individual directors to recognize 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.
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Fact Sheet
Board Evaluations Fact Sheet
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 customizes the board evaluation process and provides actionable reporting to help you build a better board.
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Fact Sheet
CEO & Management Evaluations Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet
Nasdaq EnGauge Security Fact Sheet
The Nasdaq EnGauge platform has multiple security measures in place to help safeguard sensitive board data. Learn more about its industry standard certifications, application security, infrastructure security, personnel security, and process security.
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Fact Sheet
Why Nasdaq Governance Solutions Fact Sheet
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 nonprofit organizations worldwide and how we stack up against the competition.
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