When I’m not pounding on my laptop keys, feverishly trying to get 750 nitpicking words out to my very patient Business Daily editor every Thursday, I do get to spend some time doing governance work for different clients. Part of that work is evaluating the performance of boards of directors where we issue a questionnaire and it is filled by all the members of the board.
The questionnaire is fairly comprehensive, covering all aspects of board work, for instance, board information and board processes. But then it can get really introspective by asking directors to rate the performance of their peers. Different aspects are interrogated here such as how the director prepares for board meetings, contributes during the meetings, interacts with her peers and management.
