Eminent Boards wish to deliver significant added value to executives, other relevant stakeholders and the organisation, as well as fulfilling regulatory or sector codes and guidelines.
Odgers’ independent board reviews and workshops are designed to support aspirational Boards on their development journey.
Our Board reviews are a valuable platform to identify changes relevant to the organisation's future ambitions and broader codes and best practice. Our workshops ensure the Board develops its capability, governance and agility.
Our Board Reviews
Our approach triangulates evidence from several sources ie board papers and minutes, observation, an online governance survey and confidential 1:1 conversations. We offer psychometric profiles which map the strengths in the Board competencies, cognitive agility and culture to enable performance-elevating changes.
Fully endorsing the principles of the Code of Practice for Board Reviewers (Chartered Governance Institute, UK & Ireland, September 2023):
- Our expert reviewers operate independently from search colleagues and bring experience as Board members and/or board management, assessment or consultancy across private and public sector organisations with different ownership structures.
- We evaluate the collective Board performance rather than individual director's capabilities which poses no conflict with the activities of our global search experts.
- The Board review is commissioned as a distinct assignment based on agreed objectives (eg, three year independent reviews, s166 governance reviews) and following Odgers’ due diligence regarding the current and future context of the organisation and stakeholders’ expectations.
- Our reports identify the strengths and relevant areas for enhancement across the Board’s: leadership, chairing, culture, governance, functionality and capability.
Tailored Board Workshops
Our Board performance workshops foster developing new mindsets and approaches to secure a purposeful culture, develop a future-proof strategy, become effective decision-makers, deliver dynamic governance, influence relevant stakeholders and actively manage Board and CEO succession.
