Board Expertise
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NEWS: Corporate resilience, 14 March, 2023
ESG resilience requires leaders to manage without certainty
Boards lack the understanding needed to face environmental and social challenges, according to LBS professor.
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NEWS: Gender diversity, 9 March, 2023
Less than a third of FTSE 100 executives are women
In Europe as a whole, only 7.7% of top companies’ chief executives are female, gender diversity barometer shows.
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NEWS: Board size, 7 March, 2023
Performance declines as boards grow in size
Researchers found that investment dropped by 2-3 percentage points as companies passed from 12 to 16 board members.
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INSIGHT: Digital strategy, 2 March, 2023
Digital transformation: Get the basics right
Board involvement at the get-go will boost the chances of a successful digital transformation for the business.
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NEWS: Risk management, 23 February, 2023
Boards have an essential role in building resilient companies
Experts from boardrooms, academia, not-for-profits and consultancy will gather to explore the road to resilience in uncertain times.
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NEWS: Risk management, 23 February, 2023
‘Collaboration’ is key to preparing for geopolitical crises
Geopolitical risk is here to stay, but businesses may not be ready for the next major incident, says report from IIA and Airmic.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 23 February, 2023
Being a CEO in 2023: how to navigate uncertainty
Agility, planning in the shorter term and bravery will all stand chief executives in good stead in another unpredictable year.
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NEWS: Risk management, 10 February, 2023
Resilience within business is key during uncertain times
Boards have an essential role in building resilience in companies so they can survive—and thrive—in the face of ever-changing risks.
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NEWS: Chief executives, 8 February, 2023
Long-standing CEOs can leave a legacy of trouble for boards
Performance and productivity can suffer after a long-tenured chief executive leaves the company, researchers find.
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INSIGHT: Governance, 3 February, 2023
What use is governance in a recession?
Companies seeking competitive advantage in uncertain times will find that effective governance allows much sharper focus.
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NEWS: Investor relations, 17 January, 2023
Top fund fires warning shot at ‘laggard’ boards
Norges Bank chief executive warns boards of investor pressure on climate proposals and challenges ‘corporate greed’.
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INSIGHT: Whistleblowing, 16 January, 2023
Why we need to value whistleblowing
Encouraging staff to speak up and stop harm can reduce legal and reputational risk—both for the organisation and its board members.
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INSIGHT: Leadership, 10 January, 2023
HR: How to build employee trust in corporate culture
The right HR director is essential to lead on a culture that gets the best out of people, rather than policing them.
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NEWS: Governance, 6 January, 2023
Top companies dismiss concept of workers on boards
Research finds FTSE 100 firms are still rejecting the 2018 proposal of improving workforce engagement by appointing a worker to the board.
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NEWS: Chief executives, 4 January, 2023
Boards want powerful CEOs in tough times
Single-minded chief executives have greater staying ability when business conditions are uncertain, research finds
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INSIGHT: Risk management, 1 December, 2022
Risk: beware the leadership clique
The rapid collapse and bankruptcy of huge cryptocurrency exchange FTX carries a salutary lesson about the need for challenge on every board.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 28 November, 2022
How listening to workers can boost business
Giving workers a greater say in the companies they work for can help to improve organisations, according to High Pay Centre research.
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NEWS: Webinar, 23 November, 2022
NEDs ‘needed more than ever’ in times of uncertainty
The non-executive director’s role is to both challenge and listen to management, agreed the panel of a recent webinar.
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INSIGHT: Executive pay, 21 November, 2022
Why are ‘ethical’ executives still highly paid?
The way the labour market works—or fails to work—presents a dilemma for remuneration committees when it comes to executive pay.
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NEWS: Chief executives, 17 November, 2022
Companies lean towards hiring CEOs new to the C-suite
Report on this year’s boards shows that 22% of UK chief executives had never had an executive role before becoming CEO.