Client Testimonials

“Our Board evaluation process has done just what it should do, which is challenge us as a Board and make us think about ways to improve our performance for all of our stakeholders. The Board Excellence team ran a well-structured process, ensuring that multiple data inputs were used and put into the right context. They partnered with us collectively and individually from beginning to end of the evaluation, communicated clearly with us throughout and definitely went the extra mile to ensure that we got real value out of the evaluation. One of the main reasons we selected them was their excellent knowledge of, and insights into, Board dynamics and performance; this proved to be very helpful and informative when reflecting on our own performance. They are not afraid to address the elephants in the room and to challenge everything, which is the only way to make real progress. I would definitely work with them again.”

“Cirencester Friendly takes Corporate Governance very seriously and we undertake a triennial external review of the effectiveness of our Board. For our most recent review process we partnered with Board Excellence to conduct an independent review. The approach they took was thorough and robust and we worked closely with Paul George and Kieran Moynihan to produce an output that was practical and proportionate. The report contained a good range of findings and recommendations that recognised our Board was already effective but can be made even more so. We saw Board Excellence’s commitment to include follow-up work over a 12-month period as a key differentiator in the market. I would be happy to recommend Board Excellence to organisations looking for an independent and objective assessment of their Board.”

“We engaged with Board Excellence to conduct our Board Effectiveness Review and would not hesitate to recommend their services. The review was conducted in an efficient and professional manner and within agreed timescales. The process was effective in challenging current processes and the output was useful with practical recommendations we could apply”

“British Canoeing is an organisation that is serious about good governance and striving to ensure that we operate as effectively as possible. In our search for best practice, we selected and worked with Board Excellence to help us on our journey. They were outstanding in their work for us. Their expertise was exceptional, but it was the manner in which they worked with us that I appreciated enormously. They were frank, well informed, had access to benchmark data and were knowledgeable about and sensitive to the context in which NGBs and member organisations work. We did not want a simple test of compliance or measurement against others. We wanted advice and guidance on how to get better. They presented sound advice, well thought through options and an offer to work with us on an implementation plan. They have served us exceedingly well.”

“Our decision to choose Board Excellence to run our External Evaluation turns out to have been an excellent one ! Kieran Moynihan’s report was thorough, balanced, comprehensive and excellent value. More importantly it was insightful. It pulled no punches and provided candid feedback that was hard hitting but accurate. At the same time it drew out an array of very positive points too. We all greatly appreciated the directness of Kieran’s comments, are thoroughly pleased we have done the exercise and are relishing our next steps. Thanks Board Excellence – an excellent job !”

“Kieran went from complete outsider to trusted consigliere in a matter of weeks. Kieran possesses a towering EQ, uncanny ability to focus on what matters and a steel hand (inside a velvet glove) that focuses on the truth. All content. No fluff. Only take on Kieran if your serious about hearing authentic hard hitting, not sugar-coated feedback and you are ready to embrace and get upon it.”

“Thanks to Paul George and Board Excellence on completion of a Board Effectiveness Review at BHSF. Paul’s open style and encouragement of conversation enables reflective conversation and conclusions. The structured approach enabled the agreement of an improvement plan to ensure even higher performance from our Board.”

“Paul, As chair of Table Tennis England, I wanted to thank you for the training session. It was right on point with, I felt, very strong engagement. Learning and developing as a board is very much a component of effectiveness, together with enhancing one’s own perspectives . Your delivery certainly hit the spot.”