Free
SME Governance & Accountability Tool
Free Corporate Governance Tool for SMEs: Serious Governance, sized-right
Governance has an image problem in SMEs.
It sounds like bureaucracy for businesses with boards and lawyers.
But the problems it prevents are exactly the ones that kill founder-led companies: decisions nobody clearly owns, risks nobody is watching, and a business that cannot function for a fortnight without its founder.
Brief this free tool on your business, and it produces a governance deck for your specific business.
Who decides what (and what the founder should stop deciding), the lightest oversight structure that adds real challenge – usually an advisory board, not a formal one; who you are actually accountable to, the risks that could kill the business with named owners, and an ethical lens for the decisions that keep you up at night.
How It Works?
The 3 Steps
Brief Your Business
About three minutes, the sharper the brief, the sharper the deck.
We Research & Apply Frameworks
Including reviewing your website if you provide it.
Receive Your Deck
View it online or download the PDF from our website.
Three minutes of briefing. A deck you can act on. Build yours now for free.
Your Corporate Governance Deck Includes
- Decision rights made explicit: retained, delegated with limits, or externally advised
- Advisory board vs formal board: the right structure, composition and cadence for your stage
- A stakeholder accountability map – legal duties vs legitimate expectations
- Risk oversight: the killers identified, owned, and given early-warning indicators
- A three-lens ethical test for consequential decisions
- An accountability rhythm so governance is a cadence, not an event
Corporate Governance & Accountability Tool FAQs
Q: How long does it take?
A: About two minutes to brief; the deck arrives in another three to five minutes.
Q: We’re too small for a board, is this still relevant?
A: This tool has been designed with SMEs in mind. The deck recommends the lightest structure that adds challenge, which for most SMEs is an advisory board of two or three, not a formal board.
Q: Does this help with raising investment or selling?
A: Yes. Clean decision rights, risk ownership and accountability are exactly what due diligence probes.
Q: Is this legal advice?
A: No, and we are not liable. It is a governance strategy that you will need to continue to do your due diligence with. Where legal duties arise, the deck flags them for your professional advisers.
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