Looking in the Mirror: Better Board Evaluation
When reviewing the performance of a board, it's important to look at both individual and overall group performance
In today’s rapidly shifting and complex world, boards have a critical and demanding role to play. And it just keeps getting more challenging all the time.
One of the best ways for boards to stay in front of the learning curve is to evaluate their performance and make improvements in those areas where there are clear ‘low hanging’ opportunities. Some sort of regular evaluation process is fairly common for most boards these days, although I must say that there’s lots of variability in terms of the depth and quality of those evaluations.
During my work my work with boards gathering multi-rater feedback on CEO performance, I get the inevitable question about how best to improve their own evaluation process – what opportunities for changes to content, format and process are both possible and advisable.
My typical response, these days, is for boards to take additional time to include some element of feedback related to individual board member performance – not just the board’s collective performance..... (cont'd) |
