Governance Tension Points Assessment

Governance Tension Points Assessment

Boards usually sense these patterns before they can name them.

A director’s input starts shaping execution.

A Chair steps closer to management.

The CEO leaves the meeting with work that was never formally decided.

A concern stays out of the room, then keeps shaping behaviour.

This assessment gives Chairs, CEOs, Directors and Company Secretaries a structured way to examine how authority, role clarity, escalation and decision discipline are operating in practice, then determine what next step fits.

What it covers

Ten questions across three areas: board-management boundaries; authority, behaviour and power in the room; escalation, records and behavioural review.

What you receive

• A completable Governance Tension Points Assessment (PDF with response fields)
• An interpretation of the gaps and uncertainties identified in your responses
• A reasoned conclusion, including whether any further action is needed
• A one-page summary you can share with the Chair, CEO or Company Secretary, or table at a board meeting

This is for your board if

• directors’ questions sometimes become direction
• decisions are shaped before the full board discusses them
• disagreement appears after the meeting rather than in the room
• the CEO escalates matters for comfort rather than authority
• director influence, side channels or Chair involvement are affecting role clarity

Prefer to pay by EFT or purchase order? Email liam@northseat.com.au and we’ll arrange it.