Some Tips for a Successful Board Self-Examination

“Organizations change and evolve, and the boards need to evolve with them. But when you think about how hard it is for an individual to change, extrapolate that and then you have 17 individuals — the average sized board — who are not closely involved in the day to day of the organization. Think how hard it is to get that to start to change,” Bobowick says. “So the self-assessment process — just even that activity — helps speed that process up and gives you a chance to say ‘Here’s our goal, let’s do it together.’”