Empowering organisations to lead their own internal Contemporary Governance Review and Development Programs

GovernWith's sector-specific governance reviews are designed to ensure your organisation can meet its corporate, regulatory and contemporary governance responsibilities, while building connected and capable leadership teams.

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Product Features

  • Governance Review

  • Skills Matrix

  • Board Renewal

  • Action Plans

  • Recommendations & Resources

  • Sector Specific

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Governance Insights & Recommendations for the Whole Board

Gain a clear understanding of your Board’s capacity, consistency of practice and leadership potential by identifying key strengths and areas for development.

This whole-of-Board assessment provides a structured, data-driven approach to corporate, contemporary and sector-specific governance responsibilities. The insights support targeted decision-making, ensuring actions align with strategic priorities.

Board Action Plans are designed to enhance capabilities that directly support key strategic goals, driving effective and informed governance improvements.

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Governance Insights & Recommendations for Individual Directors

Gain a clear understanding of each Board member’s capabilities, leadership potential and areas for development.

This structured, data-driven assessment evaluates Skills (Understanding), Experience, and Qualifications, eliminating subjectivity from self-assessments. Directors' capabilities are measured on a Foundational, Proficient, or Advanced scale, providing valuable insights into strengths and development opportunities.

Tailored Director Development Plans ensure targeted skill-building, aligning both individual growth with the organisation’s governance needs.

Board Renewal

Board Succession & Director Recruitment

Ensure your Board remains high-functioning at all times.

Succession, Recruitment, and Induction tools within the platform offer governance leaders an intuitive way to plan for Director transitions. With just a click, identify the capabilities and gaps that may arise when a Director departs, allowing proactive planning.

Use the Skills Matrix as a strategic tool during recruitment to guide new appointments, ensuring they complement the existing Board’s strengths and address any gaps.

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Actionable Governance

Board and Director Action Plans turn development opportunities into clear roadmaps for governance improvement. Built into the GovernWith Platform, these plans include recommended actions, relevant resources, and educational tools within each submodule. Plans can be easily updated, customised, linked to the Resources Library, and downloaded for Board Papers, Accreditation, and Director Development Points.

 
Recommendations & Resources

Transforming complexity into simplicity

The Recommendations and Resources dashboard offers actionable insights into areas of disproportionate impact. Each submodule outlines recommended actions for enhancing governance, comparing current practices against GovernWith's Effective Practices and Benchmarks to guide informed Board Development decisions.

 
Sector Specific

Industry Aligned Governance

GovernWith produces sector-specific Board Governance & Skills Matrix Reviews, aligned to a unique combination of industry standards, regulations and corporate governance principles. This industry-specific approach works to ensure your Board is well positioned to meet its corporate, regulatory and contemporary governance responsibilities.

Core Sectors Include: 

  • Financial Institutions
  • Aged Care
  • Education
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Health
  • Housing 

To speak with us about a bespoke Governance Review and Skills Matrix for your organisation, please get in touch.

EXECUTIVE PLUS

For harmonious leadership between the Board and Executive team.

Executive Plus


SUBCOMMITTEE PLUS

For Subcommittees striving to be contemporary and effective.

Subcommittee Plus


 

Professional Advice

Did you know, GovernWith also provides both off-the-shelf and customised Professional Advice services designed to enhance governance practices?

What our clients are saying 

"At Wesley Mission QLD we use a bespoke version of Boardroom Plus to ensure that we meet sector, corporate and governance obligations and responsibilities. Adding the Executive Plus program has supported harmonious leadership between the Board and Executive for contemporary governance organisation-wide. The Governance Review and Skills Matrix has built the Executive’s understanding of their governance responsibilities, while also supporting the development of individual capability."

"Alpine Health has worked alongside GovernWith over many years in the pursuit of achieving effective practice for the Board and to ensure the composition of the Board is fit-for-purpose in achieving our Strategic Direction. Pleasingly, we have experienced a significant uplift in our maturity across a number of governance pillars and have a clear roadmap for our priorities as a Board. In addition, our Subcommittees have been through a similar process and we look forward to further focussed activity in this space."

"The GovernWith Boardroom Plus program has provided peace of mind, a clear direction and helped to reinvigorate our Board. Our Directors are more engaged, confident in our compliance and committed to continuous improvement. With a clear roadmap, we’ve streamlined governance, enhanced recruitment and strengthened collaboration with management. The resulting Action Plan is a living framework that will guide us well beyond the next 12 months, ensuring the best future for Family First Bank."