In addition to outlining the key considerations relevant to designing the board evaluation process and sharing process tips to enhance evaluation effectiveness, in “Is Your Board Effective?”, Russell Reynolds Associates makes a strong case for periodic externally facilitated board evaluations, which have been trending up over the past several years, but still represent a minority practice.
The piece provides examples of the benefits attainable via an externally facilitated process that are unlikely to be achieved utilizing traditional questionnaires and board-led assessments.
See our recent reports: “Society Members Speak! Board Education & Evaluation Practices” and “Benchmarking: Board Refreshment & Evaluation Practices” and additional resources on our Board/Director Evaluations page.
This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!