Corporate Governance Best Practices Playbook – Excel XLSX

BENEFITS OF THIS DOWNLOADABLE EXCEL DOCUMENT

1. 64 professional files with 349+ spreadsheet tabs and 2,730+ data rows
2. 210 scored assessment questions across 7 domain areas
3. 9 operational runbooks and checklists ready for immediate use

GOVERNANCE EXCEL DESCRIPTION

Corporate Governance Best Practices Playbook is an Excel template (XLSX) with a supplemental Zip archive file document available for immediate download upon purchase.

Corporate Governance Best Practices Playbook

Your governance structure looks good on paper but in practice, accountability is unclear, reporting is inconsistent, and the board is not getting the information it needs to provide effective oversight.

Governance failures lead to regulatory sanctions, shareholder lawsuits, and executive liability. The average cost of a governance-related enforcement action exceeds $10 million.

Go from a governance framework on paper to a functioning oversight system with every committee chartered, every reporting line defined, and every escalation path documented and tested.

Governance advisory from law firms and consultancies runs $300 to $700 per hour. Full governance programme design costs $100,000 to $400,000. This playbook gives you the same structured methodology, tools, and frameworks for a fraction of the cost.

WHAT IS INSIDE: 63 PROFESSIONAL FILES

This is not a course, not a workbook, not a set of slides. This is 63 practitioner-grade tools (5 PDFs + 58 Excel workbooks) organised across 11 folders, built for professionals who need to implement, not just learn.

THREE-PHASE IMPLEMENTATION JOURNEY

Phase 1 – Get your bearings (02_Self_Assessment_and_Diagnostics): Start with the Quick Scan diagnostic PDF for a fast executive-level overview. Then work through the RDMAICS Scoring Dashboard and Maturity Radar to understand exactly where you are across all seven im

Phase 2 – Set concrete goals (03_Requirements_and_Goal_Setting): Use the Project Charter and Scope Statement to lock in what success looks like. The RACI Matrix and Requirements Traceability Matrix ensure every stakeholder knows their role and every requirement is

Phase 3 – Implement, track, and sustain (05_Project_Management_Forms onwards): Work through a comprehensive library of 60+ PM form templates covering all five PMBOK process groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. Every template is pre-co

210 ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS ACROSS 7 DOMAINS

Each domain contains 30 scored questions with automated maturity scoring. Run your first assessment in under an hour and know exactly where you stand.

•  Board Structure and Composition
•  Board Committees and Functions
•  Executive Accountability and CEO Governance
•  Shareholder Rights and Engagement
•  Risk Management and Internal Controls
•  Financial Reporting and Audit Oversight
•  Ethics Compliance and ESG Governance

10 OPERATIONAL RUNBOOKS AND CHECKLISTS

Not theory. Not concepts. Step-by-step operational procedures your team can execute from day one.

•  Board Evaluation Runbook
•  Audit Committee Meeting Preparation Checklist
•  CEO Performance Review Cycle Checklist
•  Shareholder Activism Response Protocol
•  ESG Disclosure Preparation Runbook
•  Director Onboarding and Offboarding Checklist
•  Governance Policy Update Handoff Protocol
•  Risk Oversight Meeting Cycle Guide
•  Integrated Reporting Coordination Checklist
•  Whistleblower Hotline Operation Checklist

WHO BUYS THIS

•  Professionals implementing corporate governance best practices who need structure, not another generic guide
•  Consultants who want to deliver a professional-grade engagement without building every tool from scratch
•  Team leads and managers who need to demonstrate progress to leadership with real metrics
•  Compliance officers and auditors who need documented, defensible processes

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT

•  63 files, not a single PDF. This is a complete implementation toolkit.
•  210 scored assessment questions across 7 domains. Know exactly where you stand in under an hour.
•  10 operational runbooks. Not theory, step-by-step procedures your team can execute immediately.
•  Built by practitioners with 25 years of enterprise experience across 692 frameworks.
•  Used by professionals in 160+ countries.

Instant download. Open the first assessment. Score your organisation. Know exactly where to start.

Stop spending months building what already exists. Stop paying consultants $300/hour to create templates you could have today.

Source: Best Practices in Governance Excel: Corporate Governance Best Practices Playbook Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, Gerard Blokdijk