Insight
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INSIGHT: Reputational risk, 5 June, 2025
How to avoid reputational pitfalls
There are patterns to business crises, meaning boards can anticipate reputation threats across the stages of company growth.
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INSIGHT: International business, 2 June, 2025
What sanctions mean for boards
As national governments face up to geopolitical challenges, how do sanctions and foreign investment rules affect corporate governance?
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INSIGHT: CEO succession, 30 May, 2025
CEO succession: what boards can learn from Warren Buffett
The billionaire investor is handing the reins to Greg Abel, after a long, strategic succession plan, based on value, culture and continuity.
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INSIGHT: CEO diversity, 27 May, 2025
A new path for female CEOs
Forget the career ladder: the route to leadership is the path that maximises experience and development of the skills needed in the top job.
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NEWS: Board meetings, 20 May, 2025
Board meetings ‘are not up to scratch’
Nearly three-quarters of board members believe the board’s performance in meetings needs improvement, an expert panel heard.
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COMMENT: Gender inequality, 19 May, 2025
Act now to close the gender pay gap
This month, it is 55 years since the Equal Pay Act, yet pay inequality persists. It is time for boards to push for cultural transformation.
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INSIGHT: Non-financial reporting, 19 May, 2025
How to equip the auditco to monitor sustainability
The board’s expanding remit to oversee non-financial reporting calls for significant reforms, with stakeholder trust being the prize.
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INSIGHT: AI and the board, 12 May, 2025
How to get ahead on AI leadership
The question isn’t how AI will change business—it’s whether leaders can harness it to drive innovation responsibly and without eroding trust.
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COMMENT: International trade, 30 April, 2025
Corporate governance to the fore in Canada
As Canada responds to the tariff conditions set by the US, companies need to take a rapid and agile approach to governance.
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INSIGHT: AI and the board, 28 April, 2025
4 ways AI will transform board dynamics
Opportunities and challenges are arising from the integration of artificial intelligence into corporate governance.
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COMMENT: Equity, diversity and inclusion, 25 April, 2025
Fairness makes for meritocracy
Favouring actions over persuasion, boards can take small yet extremely effective steps to improve diversity, equity and inclusion.
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INSIGHT: Board performance, 22 April, 2025
Who should review your board’s performance?
Rigour and independence are essential for a credible board performance review, as is a process that goes beyond a mere questionnaire.
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INSIGHT: CEO succession, 18 April, 2025
3 transformative approaches to finding the best CEO
Stereotypes, subjectivity and ‘hand-raisers’ can get in the way of choosing the best leader. Here’s how to optimise your selection.
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INSIGHT: Board-CEO relationship, 18 April, 2025
Fostering the board-CEO relationship
Strengthening the foundation of the CEO-board relationship means conflicts can be resolved while maintaining a healthy tension.
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INSIGHT: AI and the board, 14 April, 2025
3 steps to take toward AI governance
How co-secs and corporate governance professionals can help boards get to grips with artificial intelligence.
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NEWS: Risk management, 11 April, 2025
5 risks and opportunities for boards to debate
How best can organisations ride the current disruptive wave of global geopolitical and technological change?
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NEWS: Supply chain risk, 10 April, 2025
Act now on supply chain oversight, boards warned
Board directors need to critically engage with the business’s supply chain activity, a panel of experts heard.
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COMMENT: Board decision-making, 31 March, 2025
How ‘agreeableness’ can help the board
In chaotic and uncertain times, the ‘my way or the highway’ approach can lead to judgmental and ill-informed decision-making.
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NEWS: AI and the boardroom, 26 March, 2025
Corporate world has a ‘huge appetite’ for artificial intelligence
AI could change boardrooms to the extent that directors’ duties would change too, a panel of governance, technology and legal experts heard.
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INSIGHT: Board effectiveness, 20 March, 2025
Boost the IQ of your board papers
Directors can function effectively only if they are well-informed, hence the need for concise, intelligence-driven and relevant board packs.