Products and Services

Dunkirk Governance Specialists offers a complete array of products and services that facilitate the implementation of exemplary governance practices. This includes various training programs, management and directors evaluation tools, forms and templates for document preparation, as well as access to our own extensive network of resources. A summary of our products and services includes: Director Effectiveness We offer several training programs and governance tools that focus on director effectiveness, including the following:

• Director Training
  Typically, this is a full day education program, in a classroom setting, that provides a comprehensive overview on the basics of corporate governance.
  
  
• Board of Directors "Boot Camp"
  An off-site, two to four day program designed as an educational and team building exercise for directors, who usually attend as a group.
  
  
• Performance Metrics & Compensation Systems
  Working with both directors and management, we help build performance metrics and compensation systems that provide a clear course, and strong incentives, for management to meet, and exceed, their goals.
  
  
• Conducting Effective Board Meetings
  This entails formal training and also observation and guidance by our consultants during board meetings.
  
  
• Board Preparation Basics
  Simple but effective steps to help both directors and management prepare for board meetings, including preparation of advance materials, reports, financial statements, agendas, etc.
  
  
• Director Effectiveness Tools
  We have taught many Boards techniques to make their deliberations, analyses and situation assessments more productive and more insightful. We bring numerous tools to our clients and develop new tools all the time.
  
  
• Director Self-Assessment Instrument
  Self assessment forms and instructions that are customized to meet the needs of your Company's directors.
  
  
• Board Effectiveness Assessment Methodology
  Assessment forms and instructions for directors to review one another, as well as the board as a whole.
  
  
• New Director On-Boarding Methodology
  We help design and execute a detailed, multi-day "crash course" program to provide an extensive infusion of knowledge to new directors so that they can become useful contributors as quickly as possible.
  
  
• Director Resource Library
  Through many years of consulting and advising boards of directors, as well as serving as directors, our consultants have developed an extensive resource "library" of books, periodicals, advisors, and Alliance Partners (firms that offer complementary consulting services). Our clients have full access to this accumulated body of knowledge.

Board Meeting Effectiveness Tools We have numerous forms and templates that we can customize for your Company's specific needs; these are used to support a formalized, well documented approach to corporate governance. We also provide guidance on distribution of confidential governance documents. Our Effectiveness Tools include: Standard Meeting Agenda Templates We design agendas that focus primarily on the strategically important issues facing your company, and generally avoid ministerial topics and comparable details. Standard Minutes Template We consider the proper and thorough drafting of minutes to be an important element of the governance process, and our templates will facilitate this process. Standard Board Reporting Packages A comprehensive, yet concise summary of financial and operating results. For distribution to directors either monthly or quarterly. Board Action Item Management Tool This is a structured process including structured forms that help the board to identify key action items that requires directors and management to carry out specific follow-up steps and report back to the board. Secure Board Distribution Tools There are a few workable options to distribute board information packages and advance materials for directors meetings, include secure web site services. We will review the pros and cons of these different distribution tools.

Governance Resources
In addition to our standard array of products and services, we, encourage our clients to use us as a general resource for substantially any issue involving corporate governance. We provide an on-line library of tools, methodologies, articles and other instruments that professional directors find useful in their governance activities.