A board assessment is one of the essential practices that are key to strengthening governance leaders’ capabilities.
Comprehensive Board Assessments
Conducting a board assessment is a leading practice of high-performing boards of trustees. An assessment measures governance effectiveness based on your current board practices. A GovernWell™ comprehensive board self-assessment (AssessWell Plus™) confidentially evaluates board member perceptions of all aspects of board performance in fulfilling governance responsibilities. When conducting a comprehensive board self-assessment, our governance experts work with your senior executives and board leadership to:
Note: Fidelity Medical is a sample organization using mocked-up data and designed to show the results of a governWell board self-assessment. All data on this site is only an example. Actual assessment data is confidential.
WHA members receive a substantial discount on all governWell assessment services.
- Select the most relevant governance practices and leadership areas for the self-assessment.
- Provide assessment criteria in eight governance leadership areas, personal performance, and board culture.
- Assist in custom-tailoring the assessment to your organization’s unique needs.
- Provide an in-depth analysis of assessment results.
- Convene virtual consultations to discuss the results and the implications.
- Offer recommendations for governance development.
- Assist in creating a governance excellence action plan and identifying the most impactful changes for improvement.
- Bring together the knowledge resources, governance structure tools and trustee education to achieve board development goals.
- Include access for one year to the Essentials for Governance Excellence program.
- Provide ongoing consultations. GovernWell™ advisors assist with the development process so that a board self-assessment results in “governance gain” being realized.
Contact governWell™ today to learn more and become a leading organization in governance assessment practices.
GovernWell™ offers two additional assessment options:
- AssessWell Essential™: Includes our basic governance assessment administered with no changes, recommended emails to send to the board, and a summary report that includes recommendations for board improvement.
- AssessWell Custom™: Includes all features of AssessWell Essential™ and the ability for you to modify the survey criteria to make it unique to your organization’s needs.
All governWell™ assessment engagements include access for one year to the Essentials for Governance Excellence program.