PLAN
A board cycle with deadlines that calculate
Annual calendar, forward plan and meeting timetable: agenda planning, paper deadlines, pack issue and minutes dates from each meeting date.
GOVERNANCEAVAILABLE
Board Meeting Toolkit
A board governance system
Everything needed to prepare, run and follow up a board meeting.
- DOCUMENTS
- 18DOCUMENTS
- SHEETS
- 12SHEETS
- SLIDES
- 22SLIDES
OVERVIEW
Why it exists.
A board governs through a cycle, not a meeting. Late papers, recommendations that are hard to find, decisions nobody can quite remember and actions that drift from meeting to meeting are cycle problems, and they are the most common reasons boards feel less effective than they should.
This toolkit gives the board, the chair and the company secretary one system for the whole cycle: an annual calendar with calculated deadlines, a standard for every board paper, executive reporting in a consistent form, formal records, a decision framework with challenge questions, an annual effectiveness review and the follow-through that turns decisions into results.
FEATURES
Built for the boardroom and the people who serve it.
PAPERS
One standard for every board paper
A cover sheet and templates for decision, information, strategic, risk, financial and programme papers, each ending in recommendations that can be minuted.
REPORT
Executive reporting the board can read
A chief executive's report and a board performance report covering KPIs, strategic objectives, finance, operations, risk and major issues.
RECORD
Minutes and registers that stand up
A minutes standard with strong and weak examples, attendance and quorum, declarations of interest and a register of interests.
DECIDE
Decisions tested before they are taken
Matters reserved, six tests of a board decision, challenge questions for every type of paper and a decision record.
REVIEW
A board that reviews itself
An annual effectiveness review with questionnaire, scoring and governance action plan, plus a post-meeting pack for follow-through.
WHO IT IS FOR
Written for boards and the people who support them.
Company and Board Secretaries
The calendar, paper tracker, minutes, registers, decision log and action tracker — the administration of the board in one place.
Chairs
An agenda framework that protects time for strategy and decisions, challenge questions and an annual effectiveness review.
Chief Executives and Executive Teams
Board paper templates, a chief executive's report and a board performance pack that tell the board what it needs to know.
Non-Executive Directors and Trustees
Consistent papers with explicit recommendations, and challenge questions for every type of paper the board receives.
GALLERY
A closer look.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
8 files, one download.
- PPTX
Board Pack Template
A 22-slide board pack in 16:9: agenda, chief executive's report, strategic objectives, KPIs, finance, risk, major issues, decisions, matters arising and forward plan.
- XLSX
Board Governance Workbook
Twelve sheets: KPI dashboard, board calendar, forward plan, paper tracker, attendance and quorum, interests, decision log, action tracker, committees, responsibilities, effectiveness review, action plan.
- DOCX · PDF
Governance Framework and Planning
Board governance framework, agenda framework and template, meeting planner, paper submission schedule and checklists.
- DOCX · PDF
Board Paper Templates
Paper standard and cover sheet; decision and recommendation, information, strategic, risk, financial and programme update papers.
- DOCX · PDF
Executive Reporting
Chief executive's report and board performance report templates.
- DOCX · PDF
Records and Decisions
Minutes standard and template, attendance and declarations of interest, decision framework and challenge questions.
- DOCX · PDF
Review and Follow-Through
Board effectiveness review with questionnaire and governance action plan, and the post-meeting follow-up pack.
- PDF
Quick Start and Licence
Where to start, the first board cycle with the toolkit, and the organisation-wide licence agreement.
FAQ
Before you buy.
Eighteen governance documents and templates, each as an editable Word file and a designed PDF; a twelve-sheet board governance workbook; a twenty-two slide board pack template as PowerPoint and PDF; slide previews; and the licence.
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Board Meeting Toolkit — a board governance system.