Board Expertise
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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.
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Board Essentials: Culture, 31 October, 2017
Twelve of the biggest mistakes boards make about culture
One of the most frequent mistakes boards make is failing to realise the importance of culture, but it isn't the only pitfall.
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Governance, 25 October, 2017
The guardianship circle: praxis of governance and audit committees
Why is the practice of corporate governance so different from best practice standards? Effective corporate governance "in practice" is fluid, context-specific and depends on practitioners’ skills, initiative and adaptation.
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Boardroom skills, 5 October, 2017
Information asymmetry is good for effective boards
Commentators often complain that non-executives need more information. But recent research suggests that it is information asymmetry that actually makes non-executives effective.
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Remuneration, 5 October, 2017
Give investors a greater say on executive pay
Even non-binding shareholder votes on CEO pay improve firm performance and shareholder value.