Alison Gill is a behavioural psychologist, triple Olympian and the co-founder of Bvalco, a board evaluation consultancy focused on helping boards become fit for the future.
Board Effectiveness Guild paper
We know that a review of a board’s effectiveness is important but the true value of that review is not always guaranteed.
I recently chaired a discussion with NEDs on not only what makes a review good, but also bad and even ugly.
Much like a board review itself, an open and honest analysis of what works and what doesn’t provided invaluable insights into how we can be better. Here are the key takeaways’.
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