Cadence & conduct — question 01 of 10
Is there a board calendar for the year — and is it held?
Dates fixed in advance, meetings that actually happen.
No calendar — we meet when needed Dates exist; they move constantly Mostly held; occasional casualties Fixed for the year and treated as immovable
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Cadence & conduct — question 02 of 10
How do meetings themselves run?
Start time, chairing, where the hours actually go.
They sprawl — no chair, no clock Chaired loosely; time goes to the urgent Structured, but review still crowds out decisions Chaired tightly: most time on forward decisions
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Information — question 03 of 10
When does the board pack arrive, and what is it?
The test: could a competent outsider decide from it?
There is no pack Night before — a data dump A few days early; quality varies Three-plus days early; short, decision-framing papers
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Information — question 04 of 10
Does the board track a small set of numbers it trusts?
Ten or fewer KPIs, consistent month to month, believed.
No consistent numbers Numbers exist; trust doesn't A dashboard, but it shifts and sprawls ≤10 stable KPIs the whole board believes
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Roles & authority — question 05 of 10
Are matters reserved and delegated authority written down — and used?
Who decides what, on paper, in practice.
Nothing written Written once; nobody looks at it Written and roughly followed Written, current, and decisions route by it
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Roles & authority — question 06 of 10
How are conflicts of interest handled?
Register, declarations, recusals — the quiet hygiene.
We've never discussed it Informally, when someone remembers Declared at meetings; no register Live register; declarations standing agenda item
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Follow-through — question 07 of 10
What do the minutes actually capture?
Decisions, owners, dates — or a transcript of vibes.
We don't keep minutes Rough notes, sometimes Decisions recorded; owners patchy Decisions, owners and dates — signed off next meeting
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Follow-through — question 08 of 10
What happens to last meeting's actions?
The completion rate nobody measures.
Nothing systematic — they fade Chased ad hoc by whoever cares Reviewed when time allows Reviewed first, every meeting, by name
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Risk & compliance — question 09 of 10
Are the statutory basics demonstrably current?
Filings, registers, key insurances — including D&O cover.
Honestly — unsure Probably; the accountant handles it Current, but it would take digging to prove Current and provable in an afternoon
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Risk & compliance — question 10 of 10
Does the board own a live view of what could hurt the business?
Top risks, named owners, revisited — not a dusty register.
Risk isn't discussed Discussed after near-misses An annual tick-box exercise Top risks owned, on the standing agenda
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A note on honesty. Ten questions examine machinery, not outcomes — and self-assessment flatters everyone. A professional review tests the same five pillars with interviews, observation and documents; treat this as the X-ray that tells you whether to book the consultant.
01 Five pillars The same frame a professional review uses — cadence, information, roles, follow-through, risk — scored pillar by pillar.
02 Sequenced fixes Your weakest answers become a fix list in priority order, written the way a board paper would propose them.
03 X-ray, then consultant If the profile shows real leaks, the 4–6 week Governance Review tests the same pillars with evidence.
04 Pairs with the Score Did the 2-minute Board Maturity Score first? This is the instrument it points to.
