The Governance Health Check
A seven-domain self-assessment for boards, CEOs and company secretaries, built on the principles behind the AICD, ASX and ACNC governance standards.
Good governance is a set of habits, not a policy folder.
I have sat on both sides of the boardroom table. As CEO of five different organisations, and in fifteen years carrying that accountability, I have seen the same pattern play out more than once.
Boards that assume their governance is sound rarely test that assumption until something forces the question, an ill-timed resignation, a regulator's letter, or a member complaint that turns out to be a pattern rather than an outlier.
This tool gives your board an honest, evidence-based way to check which habits are actually in place, across the seven domains that determine whether governance holds up under real pressure.
- 01Purpose, Strategy & Direction: is the board setting strategy, or just endorsing it?
- 02Board Composition & Renewal: skills, succession and deliberate recruitment
- 03Roles, Authority & the CEO–Board Relationship: where governance ends and management begins
- 04Risk Oversight & Compliance: a live risk register, not a historical one
- 05Financial Stewardship: real scrutiny, not procedural sign-off
- 06Member & Stakeholder Accountability: data over anecdote
- 07Culture, Conduct & Performance: what happens in the room when no one outside is watching
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35 questions, a scoring guide, and a fillable PDF your board can complete on screen. Sent straight to your inbox.
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A self-assessment tells you where the gaps are. Closing them is the work I do directly with boards and CEOs, through the Board Director Course, The Association CEO Course, and direct advisory work with Nexus Leadership.