Board Governance Resource
The Board Execution Risk Checklist
Five questions for the next transformation review — designed to move the conversation from cosmetic reporting to operational ground truth.
Board review protocol
Use the answers to identify where value leakage is accumulating.
- 01
What specific operational capability exists today that did not exist 90 days ago?
- 02
If all external consulting partners were demobilised tomorrow, could internal teams operate and evolve the newly deployed platforms?
- 03
Where are the current cross-functional deadlocks, and who holds the single binding decision right to resolve them?
- 04
Is the programme measuring milestone completion or actual operational throughput and cost reduction?
- 05
Is external spend governed under strict value-linked milestones, or is the organisation funding an indefinite advisory retainer?
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