Drive Effectiveness with Strategic Board Performance Evaluation

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 corporate secretaries. It provides important insights into, among other things, who typically is 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 organization’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.”

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 customizes the board evaluation process and provides actionable reporting to help you build a better board.

CEO & Management Evaluations Factsheet

Nasdaq EnGauge Security Factsheet

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.

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 nonprofit organizations 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 customizable 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.