Diagnostics, scores, archetypes and calculators — built the way good board papers are written: honest logic, assumptions shown, no email gates. Each is genuinely useful on its own; together they're a funnel that respects your intelligence.
Find out →Operator, Gatekeeper or Architect — where the business is actually capped, and the three moves that follow.
Score my board →Rate your board 0–100 on cadence, papers, challenge and follow-through. Shareable score card included.
Examine it →Ten clinical questions, pillar-by-pillar profile, fixes in priority order — the X-ray before the review.
Run it →Which engagement fits — chair, NED, advisory board, readiness, AI? Scored with reasoning, as a board paper.
Score readiness →Ten diligence-grade questions — the gap list a buyer would otherwise compile for you.
Work it backwards →Pick your completion date; the planner works backwards and names the week readiness must start.
Run my numbers →An honest, assumptions-on-show estimate of what unstructured decisions cost a year — versus the fix.
Estimate the fee →Role, scale, complexity, time — an indicative UK fee range that anchors either side of the table.
Find our posture →Pioneer, Pragmatist or Ostrich — your board's real AI stance, and the three moves that follow.
Take the assessment →Could the business outlive you? Intent, next generation, ownership, independence, governance.
Test the frame →Would 2× growth compound or collapse? Ten questions across the pillars growth stresses first.
Test my readiness →Building a board career? Score your readiness, get development priorities — and a route into the Network.
The Bottleneck Test, AI Posture Quiz and Board Maturity Score take ninety seconds each — a label, a number, your sharpest gaps. Built to be shared; honest enough to be worth sharing.
The Governance Health Check, Investment Readiness Scorecard, Scale-Readiness Diagnostic and Family Succession Readiness go pillar by pillar — the frames professionals use, scored from your honest answers.
The Governance Debt Calculator and Fee Estimator turn structure into money; the Raise Timeline Planner turns ambition into a start-by week. Every assumption on the page.
The flagship Board Advisory Diagnostic scores all seven MAXFR engagements against your situation and writes you a short advisory paper — recommendation, rationale, first ninety days.
Every tool ends with one click that sends your results — and your context — straight to my inbox. That's the whole funnel: useful, honest, then human.