Boards that really want to uncover ways in which to match strategy with performance and add true value are much more committed to performing evaluations that demand true accountability. These are the Pushers.

Pushers. Seriously committed board directors are challenging themselves with new ways to measure their performance. They push for true accountability metrics. For example, Sasha Schmidt and Matthias Brauer (Strategic Governance, Volume 14, #1, 1/2006) advocate measuring the consistency between a company’s resource allocation and its announced strategy, as well as a set of related strategy consistency measures as indicators for a board’s effectiveness in guiding strategy execution.

At Intrabond Capital, we are Pushers. We challenge our clients by using a mix of corporate performance metrics, and then tracking the correlations between their board performance and corporate outcomes. Directors in this group are truth-seekers, dedicated to maximizing their potential to add value and make a difference.