Board Health Check
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Have you checked your Junk file in your emails? Often the email will go to junk - we can't avoid it unfortunately. If you still can not find your link, please contact us. anna.mccann@tanarra.com
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The Board Health Check takes around 15 minutes to complete. There are 44 multiple choice questions and a few commentary questions. It is deliberately designed to be quick, easy, and insightful.
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Either when all Directors have completed it or within 21 days from date of registration - which ever occurs first.
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Yes, but given it only takes 10-15 minutes we don't feel its onerous.
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If you want to use it for staff feedback we recommend you registering a different Health Check. e.g V2 This way you can distinguish between Board and staff.
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We can help you do this. Just send us an email through the Contact Us button.
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Yes. All responses to questions in the Board Health Check are anonymous. However, some questions ask you to submit a written response, which can potentially be used by other Board Members to identify you. To prevent this, don’t include details in your responses that might allow others to identify you, such as names, references to events where only a fraction of the Board was present, or information that only you and a handful of other Board Members know.
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Yes, make it the first item of a Board Meeting and ask everyone to do it there and then. 10 mins that’s all it takes. They can still be anonymous
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No. We don’t offer this functionality at present.
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Yes
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Q. Who do I go to for troubleshooting?
If you have any problems completing the Board Health Check, please email us. We will endeavour to respond within 48 hours. However, please note that all members of our team work part-time, and so responses may be delayed.
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We appreciate some for-purpose organisations (including social enterprises) may not have a formal Board of Directors. You can still use the Board Health Check tool to assess your governance. We suggest you substitue your own governance structure (e.g. Advisory Committee) where you read Board or Directors throughout the survey.
Australia's most user‑friendly FREE Board performance tool for charities and for-purpose organisations
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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In a nutshell, the Board Health Check helps time-poor boards assess their performance, beyond legal compliance.
Your board will receive valuable insights into your top performance areas and key areas for improvement. You’ll also be able to see whether or not your directors are aligned in their perspectives.
If your organisation is asking itself “How effective is our board, and are we thinking about the big questions?”, then the Board Health Check is for you!
Tanarra Social Purpose has developed this tool because we consistently receive requests to help boards be more effective and efficient.
Q. Who developed the content and how do we know it's robust and best practice?
The content has been developed by a team comprising Tanarra Social Purpose and the Tanarra Group, together with input from the Governance Institute of Australia.
We pooled ideas from our direct experience on boards, including that of our founder, John Wylie AC.
In 2020 we trialled what we believe is a 'best in class' Board Health Check with eight not-for-profit organisations, continuing to improve content and usability in response to the feedback we received. In 2021, this fully automated Board Health Check was launched.
In 2022, with support from Social Impact Hub, we collaborated to broaden the Health Check’s content in order to reflect and support social enterprises.
In 2024-25 we completed a content and useability review and upgraded the technology backend and platform.
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Q. What is your Privacy Policy?
A. This Privacy Policy relates to Tanarra Foundation Pty Ltd trading as Tanarra Social Purpose (TSP)
This Privacy Policy set outs TSP’s policy on the management of personal information it collects, uses, discloses and destroys stores as defined by and in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (the Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). A copy of the Act and the APPs and more information about your privacy rights can be obtained through the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (www.oaic.gov.au ).
By accessing TSP’s website, or using the Board Health Check, you consent to TSP collecting, holding, using and disclosing your personal information. TSP may collect your name and email address. TSP may use your personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected including to access the Board Health Check.
TSP may also use your personal information for other purposes to which you consent or which are required or permitted by law. This may include for a secondary purpose that is related to a purpose for which TSP collected it and for which you would reasonably expect TSP to use.
TSP may disclose your personal information to:
A member of the Tanarra group (ie a related body corporate of TSP)
TSP’s external service providers that provide hosting, data storage or other services
Any party where TSP is required by law
TSP may provide links to websites operated by third parties. TSP makes no representations or warranties in relation to the privacy practices of any third party or third party website and TSP is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of any third party or any third party website.
If you require access to or wish to update your personal information, please contact info@tanarraphilanthropic.org
TSP will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information that we hold from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, interference, unauthorised modification or unauthorised disclosure.
Tanarra’s service providers are required to notify TSP of any unauthorised access to, or disclosure or loss of, personal information.
Privacy Related Complaints: if you have any questions about privacy related issues or the handling of your personal information by TSP please contact our Privacy Officer at info@tanarraphilanthropic.org
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