Board and governance policies · 06
Board evaluation and induction policy
Makes the annual assessment of the governing body a governed process rather than an occasional exercise.
Makes the annual assessment of the governing body a governed process rather than an occasional exercise.
State the cycle: self-assessment, peer and chair review, external review at a stated interval; the instrument used; who collates and who sees the raw responses; how findings become an action plan with owners and dates; and how the outcome is reported. Attach the induction pack: founding documents, delegations, charters, the last two years of minutes, the risk register and the current strategy.
An evaluation with no confidentiality rule produces bland answers, and an evaluation with no action plan produces nothing at all. Name who receives the individual responses before the first one is collected.
The law it sits under
What governs this instrument.
Board evaluation is not a statutory requirement for most companies, but King V expects it and expects the outcome to be disclosed. For financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2026 the apply-and-explain discipline means a board must say how it evaluated itself, not that it intends to.
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Where this instrument sits in the wider set, and the engagement that produces it.
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