Risk & Governance Checklist
Board, committees, and reporting for mid-market maturity.
“Governance is not a brake on the business — it's the load-bearing structure that lets ambitious decisions happen safely. Mid-market companies that skip it collapse when they need it most.”
The Insight
At mid-market scale, the informality that worked at start-up becomes structural risk. You need boards, committees, policies, and reporting — not to slow you down, but to let you run faster with fewer catastrophic surprises. Governance is the insurance policy you write while you don't need it.
01
The Board and Its Committees
Each meets quarterly. Each has a charter. Each has a named chair.
02
The Risk Register
Each with likelihood, impact, mitigation owner, next-review date. The point is not to eliminate risk — it's to make risk visible, owned, and managed.
03
Reporting and Controls
These are not regulatory compliance for its own sake — they're the structure that makes trust institutional, not personal.
The Takeaway
Board with committees. Risk register reviewed quarterly. Controls and reporting baked in. Governance is how mid-market companies earn the right to be taken seriously — by investors, acquirers, regulators, and their own leadership teams.
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