Insights
Organisational resilience
Board members are key to establishing a strategic plan for supply chain risk that ensures resilience, as well as instilling it throughout the organisation.
Opportunity knocks
The Bribery Act 2010 should not be pigeonholed as compliance regulation; the Act falls within the sphere of corporate responsibility and employee engagement and is an opportunity for non-executive directors to add wider value.
New horizons
Businesses are increasingly expected to go beyond merely reporting profits to show how they are creating value for the short, medium and long term. Integrated reporting is considered by many as the way forward.
Leapfrogging
Leapfrogging is a relatively new trend in CEO appointments but requires the support of chairmen and non-executives.
Measure by measure
Changes to the UK’s corporate governance code are an opportunity to reconsider risk and internal control.
Acquisition trail
Capital allocation is a critical business discipline, with acquisitions likely to be the most stressful option for non-executives.
Should it be lonely to be a CEO?
It can be a solitary role being chief executive, but there is support available from the chairman, mentors and coaches.
Digital menace
Boards and audit committees need to take cyber-security seriously, and ensure that basic steps are taken to prevent disaster.
Binge buying
Share buybacks have become all in the rage, at least in the US. But what is really at stake when the board is told it is the best use of cash?
New beginnings
Achieving the Davies Review target of women making up 25% of board membership in the FTSE 100 forced many first-time appointments. But what should women be doing to launch their non-executive careers?