Modern Governance Quiz

What's Your Modern Governance Score?

Are you practicing modern governance? Take a short quiz to find out where your board stacks up. We'll recommend tools and resources to get you to the next level.

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How does your board assess whether it has the right people in the boardroom?

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My board annually assesses the performance of individual directors.

My board actively assesses whether our composition supports the long- term strategy.

My board uses the annual board evaluation as a strategic tool to assess composition.

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My board can readily access a database of qualified board candidates.

My board annually assesses whether we have the skills needed for each board committee.

My board annually assesses the performance of individual directors.

My board actively assesses whether our composition supports the long-term strategy.

My board uses the annual board evaluation as a strategic tool to assess composition.

My board annually assesses whether we have the skills needed for each board committee.

My board actively assesses whether our composition supports the long- term strategy.

How does your board assess whether it has the right people in the boardroom?

I am satisfied with the following governance programs/processes my board has in place:

Check all that apply

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Onboarding program for new directors

Board meeting and agenda structure

Board education program

Reporting model between the board and management team

Check all that apply

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My board uses the annual board evaluation as a strategic tool to assess composition.

My board annually assesses the performance of individual directors.

Board communication

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Reporting model between the board and management team

Board meeting and agenda structure

I am satisfied with the following governance programs/processes my board has in place:

My organization has sufficiently automated and secured the following processes:

Check all that apply

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Board material preparation

Board material delivery & modification

Board evaluations

D&O questionnaires

Board communication

Entity and subsidiary management

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Onboarding program for new directors

Board education program

Reporting model between the board and management team

D&O questionnaires

Board meeting and agenda structure

I am satisfied with the following governance programs/processes my board has in place:

My board’s communication practices can be described by the following:

Check all that apply

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My board uses email to prepare or send board materials.

My board uses email to communicate.

My board uses a cloud-based file sharing tools like Dropbox, Box or Google Docs.

My board uses a secure, encrypted platform for some board communications (in addition to other channels).

My board uses a secure, encrypted platform for all board communications.

Check all that apply

Onboarding program for new directors

Board education program

Board communication

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My board uses a secure, encrypted platform for some board communications (in addition to other channels).

My board uses email to prepare or send board materials.

Regarding your organization’s entity compliance:

Check all that apply

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My board or team has visibility into our entity data and compliance.

My board or team has confidence in the accuracy of our entity data.

It would be easy to pull a report on the global compliance of our entities.

N/A (This question does not apply to my organization)

Check all that apply

My board’s communication practices can be described by the following:

My board uses email to communicate.

My board uses a cloud-based file sharing tools like Dropbox, Box or Google Docs.

Results

Peer group compensation data (via a modeling tool)

Shareholder communication or concerns

Coverage of the organization across media outlets

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N/A (This question does not apply to my organization)

My board or team has confidence in the accuracy of our entity data.

Regarding your organization’s global compliance:

Corporate governance best practices (i.e., thought leadership)

I am satisfied with my board’s level of visibility into the following areas:

Check all that apply

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The culture at my organization

My board or team has visibility into our entity data and compliance.

Equity ownership by major investors

Coverage of the organization across media outlets

It would be easy to pull a report on the global compliance of our entities.

Check all that apply

Cybersecurity strategy and preparedness

Executive pay compared to my peer groups and sector

Regulatory changes and how they impact my organization

Proxy advisory data and perceptions

Competitor and industry news

Media sentiment around my organization

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) data

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Board Effectiveness

Diligent’s core board management software, which offers the technology foundation boards need to be both effective and secure.

Cyber threats, expanding regulations, global and political uncertainty—all these things contribute to a heightened profile of organizational risk. As today’s boards and governance teams answer regulator requests and oversee operational compliance across the globe, it’s never been more important for organizations to have a “single source of truth” when it comes to entity and subsidiary data. A modern entity governance platform enables timely access and reporting by various departments, as well as board visibility and confidence in the organization’s compliance globally.

Diligent Nominations

Strong

Resources

weak

Medium

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Medium

Diligent Messenger

weak

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Diligent Nominations

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An application for conducting board assessments (and analyzing the responses) securely through your Diligent software.

Tools

An action item management solution providing board administrators with a tool to enhance their ability to easily take board meeting minutes and prepare them for further action with the board of directors.

Diligent Governance Intel

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Diligent Messenger

Resources

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Tools

Diligent Governance Intel

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Will “Tone at the Bottom” Impact Your Shareholder Value? Is Your Board Prepared for the Rise in ESG Activism? How Boards Can Avoid a Disruptive Shareholder Activist Do You See What They See? Leverage Technology and Insights to Think Like an Activist

An application that offers a health check on your board composition and effectiveness compared to other companies—and allows you to search an extensive database of qualified board candidates.

weak

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Board effectiveness boils down to three things: (1) Board Composition: Do you have the right people in the boardroom? (2) Governance Practices: Do you have the right governance practices in place (e.g., board evaluations, effective meeting & agenda structures) to drive board performance? (3) Technology: Do you have the technology needed to enable board efficiency (i.e., secure communication and collaboration). As today’s business landscape grows increasingly complex, it’s never been more important to do the foundational things right.

A secure messaging application that functions like text messaging and enables file sharing between board members.

Diligent CGLytics

Restart

A solution built on Diligent Secure File Sharing and integrated with Diligent’s market-leading Boards platform, used to secure and automate collation, distribution, and management of board meeting materials.

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Diligent Secure File Sharing

An application that offers a health check on your board composition an effectiveness compared to other companies—and allows you to search an extensive database of qualified board candidates.

Medium

weak

Strong

Software that allows organizations to centralize and manage their corporate subsidiary data, complete with an integration to Diligent Boards.

Diligent Boards

An application for conducting and compiling Director & Officer compliance data securely in one location.

An application that offers a health check on your board composition and effectiveness compared to other companies—and allows you to search an extensive database of qualified board candidates.

An application for conducting and compiling Director & Officer compliance data securely in one location.

Security + liability

INTELLIGENCE +strategy

Diligent Assessments

Medium

Diligent D&O Questionnaires

An AI-powered application that enables environmental scanning, advanced news aggregation, and trend analysis for your industry, company and competitors.

Restart

Strong

A document sharing tool, which enables information flow and collaboration between permissioned users within the organization or with trusted third parties.

Diligent Secure Meeting WF

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risk + compliance

SEC Commissioner Jackson Outlines Cyber Challenges for Boards Global Study Reveals Risky Practices in Board Communication Is it Worth the Risk? Avoiding Cyber Mistakes in Boardroom Communication Six Best Practices for Secure Board Communications and Why Email Is Insecure

Diligent Minutes

Diligent Entities

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Your Governance Score

Diligent Minutes

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An AI-powered application that enables environmental scanning, advanced news aggregation, and trend analysis for your industry, company and competitors.

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Tools

Diligent CGLytics

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A secure messaging application that functions like text messaging and enables file sharing between board members.

Diligent Boards

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RISK + compliance

An application that offers a health check on your board composition and effectiveness compared to other companies—and allows you to search an extensive database of qualified board candidates.

Security + liability

Directors’ Digital Divide: Boardroom Practices Aren’t Keeping Pace With Technology How Board Administrators Can Lead the Digital Transformation in the Boardroom Back to Basics: Why the Board Evaluation is a Critical Building Block Building Your Best Boardroom: Find the Right Directors for a Complex Future

Tools

N/A

Diligent Nominations

intelligence + strategy

Diligent Secure Meeting Workflow

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Diligent D&O

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Board Effectiveness

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Secure communication is a foundational element of modern governance. Company leaders are among the most attractive targets for cyber criminals given the sensitive information they possess—and the consequences of a cyber breach today are simply too great. However, the one-way functionality of traditional board portals is no longer sufficient. Boards, executives, and governance teams need tools that mirror the way they work: on the go, across departments, and with external third parties

Resources

Risk + compliance

Diligent Entities

How Good Entity Management Delivers A Competitive Edge Defining Strategic Objectives For Entity Management International Subsidiary Management for Small- and Mid-Caps The Role of the General Counsel in Entity Governance

When boards and company leaders have access to the right information at the right time, they can make better decisions. It’s important to remember, however, that information and insights are not the same thing. How is your organization leveraging technology to cut through the noise and keep an eye on the competitive landscape, on evolving regulations, and on future trends that could impact your business?

Security + liability

intelligence + strategy

Diligent Assessments

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Diligent Nominations

Diligent Secure File Share

Diligent Boards

Diligent’s core board management software, which offers the technology foundation boards need to be both effective and secure.

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An application for conducting board assessments (and analyzing the responses) securely through your Diligent software.

Board Effectiveness

A document sharing tool, which enables information flow and collaboration between permissioned users within the organization or with trusted third parties.

Powerful analytics for sourcing C-suite level executives and spotting inefficiencies and risks in company’s board composition and effectiveness.

Software that allows organizations to centralize and manage their corporate subsidiary data, complete with an integration to Diligent Boards.

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Powerful analytics for sourcing C-suite level executives and spotting inefficiencies and risks in company’s board composition and effectiveness.

N/a

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