Take something away and use it.
Checklists, frameworks, templates and self-assessment tools distilled from real engagements. Practical, board-ready, and free to use. The shelf grows over time.
Essential Eight Maturity Level 1 Self-Assessment
Score your own Essential Eight maturity.
A guided Excel workbook covering every ASD Maturity Level 1 test, with built-in scoring guidance, an action plan that fills itself from your gaps, and a board-ready dashboard. Aligned to the ASD Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023). A practical companion to the Essential Eight Pulse.
Download the workbookEssential Eight Maturity Assessment, Levels 1 to 3
Assess against any target maturity level.
The full workbook: all 152 tests across Maturity Levels 1, 2 and 3. Pick your target level and the assessment adjusts, the action plan fills itself from your gaps, and the dashboard reports the maturity level achieved per control and overall. Aligned to the ASD Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023). Start with the Level 1 tool if you only need a baseline.
Download the workbookThe First 90 Days, a working brief for new executives
Make the shift the role actually demands.
A practical, write-in brief for stepping into a senior executive role. Read your situation, build trust and influence, secure the basics, build your team, deliver visible value, watch your own derailers, and keep your balance. Grounded in executive transition and leadership research, and three decades in the chair. Read the 22-page brief, or fill it in on screen as a PDF.
Download the briefBuilt from real engagements, not downloaded from anywhere.
Each resource here is distilled from work I do with boards and executive teams. If there is a tool or template that would help your team right now, tell me, it may already be on the workbench.