Board Expertise
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Future leaders, 5 October, 2018
Tomorrow’s leadership, today: nurturing future leaders
The pace of change in technology and geo-political uncertainty has presented business leaders with unprecedented challenges. What does it take to lead companies in the current environment and how can the leaders of the future be nurtured?
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NED Awards, 1 October, 2018
NED Awards: what it takes to be great
Nominations for the 2019 Non-Executive Director Awards, which aim to recognise NEDs at the top of their game, are now open—but just what does it take to be an asset to the board? As Paul Drechsler says, good NEDs are a ‘gift’.
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Leadership skills, 28 September, 2018
Resilient leadership: how leaders can survive trauma
How do leaders and organisations become resilient? Andrew Kakabadse considers how leaders can bounce back from mistakes and trauma.
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Hormone therapies, 21 September, 2018
The chemistry of leadership: can hormone replacement therapy help?
Does hormone replacement therapy (HRT) hold the answers to helping executives counter stress and act more effectively as they age? Nada and Andrew Kakabadse explore how testosterone and other supplements can support top team decision-making.
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Digital risk, 12 September, 2018
Ten measures boards should take to protect against cybersecurity attacks
As cybercrime becomes a huge corporate risk, boards are under increasing pressure from regulators, clients and investors to safeguard data and protect against operational disruption. Here are ten ways boards can get on top of cybersecurity.
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Leadership, 11 September, 2018
Succession planning: Alibaba works its magic
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has revealed plans for succession, the culmination of decade-long preparation. How can other companies follow his example?
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BAME directors, 5 September, 2018
Corporate photos reveal a minority report of directors
A survey of corporate photography has found that more than half of FTSE 100 companies still have no directors who are black or from an ethnic minority.
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Boards, 31 July, 2018
Public image a major concern for boardroom leadership
Poll finds that the image projected by corporate leadership is now a major concern for boards as they also grapple with the challenge of integrating reputation issues into business models.
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Venture capital, 18 May, 2018
Preparation key for growing trend of corporate venture capital deals
Companies increasingly make their own venture capital deals to win strategic advantage. But investors need to prepare properly before they begin the deal-making.
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Banking regulation reform, 18 May, 2018
Why it is time to take stock of governance in banking
In the decade since the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered the global financial crisis, governance and leadership roles in banking have been transformed for the better. But is it now time for banks to assess progress, and question whether it is necessary to reduce the regulatory burden and the increasingly one-size-fits-all approach taken by supervisory bodies?
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Executive recruitment, 18 May, 2018
A practical guide to executive onboarding
An effective onboarding process is now viewed as a highly valuable part of establishing diverse boards that can innovate and adapt to change.
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Shared services, 18 May, 2018
How automation and digitisation are driving an outsourcing rethink
The use of shared service centres (SSCs) has grown over the decades. They offer many benefits to finance and accounting departments, but the rise in automation and digitisation will bring a radical shakeup of the SSC business model, which has implications for the companies using them.
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Leadership skills, 19 March, 2018
Inside the minds of ‘athletic’ leaders
CEOs who can turn turmoil into triumph have many personality traits in common with world-class athletes.
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Women on boards, 28 February, 2018
Board gender diversity requires a diversity of attitude
A spotlight has shone on showbusiness since the beginning of the #metoo campaign, but how can women feel empowered and make a difference in boardrooms?
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COMMENT: Corporate governance, 23 February, 2018
The Secret NED: time for the governance code to find its direction
A new corporate governance code is all well and good, but will it be an improvement on the last? Only if it asks the right questions.
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Leadership qualities, 13 February, 2018
The Five Qs – a recipe for effective leadership
Effective leaders create organisations focused on delivering value, but most of all they need the “Five Qs”, says Andrew Kakabadse, professor of governance and leadership at Henley Business School.
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Board Essentials: board skills, 19 December, 2017
Five attributes of successful board directors
Research conducted by Fidelio Partners reveals what it takes to reach the top roles, and succeed, around the boardroom table—for both male and female executives.
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Board Essentials: M&A, 12 December, 2017
Five steps to ensuring an effective board merger
These best-practice insights on how to smooth the path to a successful board merger should help avoid problems and pitfalls of poor integration.
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COMMENT: Sustainable business, 13 November, 2017
The Secret NED: why boards must think seriously about sustainability
It's time for boards to wake up to the fact that survival depends upon sustainability in its widest sense—including the need to adapt.
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Integrated reporting, 8 November, 2017
Non-execs need the right skills for effective integrated reporting
Integrated reporting is gaining in popularity, but it needs the right skills among non-executives if their credibility is to be enforced, writes Prof. Carol Adams, professor of accounting at Durham University.