Corporate governance consultants, accounting firms, executive search firms, business consultants, management consulting firms, law firms, and membership organizations offer board evaluation and other governance services. More recently, board portal providers and providers of online board evaluation services have joined the list, some offering an array of standardized online questionnaires and reporting formats.
The website of The Society for Corporate Governance www.societycorpgov.org/ lists corporate governance consulting firms that provide various types of governance services in its Service Provider Directory and Society members often comment on and recommend firms their boards have used via the Society’s members’ only “Huddle” networking service. The websites www.thecorporatecounsel.net and www.optimizeronline.com both have lists of service providers, including corporate governance consultants who conduct board evaluations and other types of governance services.
To assist those charged with finding a governance consultant to work with the board on its board evaluation or to conduct a governance review, below are a series of questions and topics to consider.
The website of The Society for Corporate Governance www.societycorpgov.org/ lists corporate governance consulting firms that provide various types of governance services in its Service Provider Directory and Society members often comment on and recommend firms their boards have used via the Society’s members’ only “Huddle” networking service. The websites www.thecorporatecounsel.net and www.optimizeronline.com both have lists of service providers, including corporate governance consultants who conduct board evaluations and other types of governance services.
To assist those charged with finding a governance consultant to work with the board on its board evaluation or to conduct a governance review, below are a series of questions and topics to consider.