7 August, 2019
Setting the pace: how to ensure your board is fit for the future
To excel at any pursuit, you need to follow a fitness programme. This is no different whether you are an elite athlete or high-level business executive. But crucially, at a time of rapid advances in t...
9 July, 2019
Hampton-Alexander CEO warns of ‘challenge to shift attitudes’ on gender diversity
While the UK approach to boardroom gender diversity is “arguably” one of the most sophisticated in the world, there is still work to be done, according to the chief executive of the
17 June, 2019
Shaping the boards of the future
There have been enormous changes in the way organisations and individuals work over the past 20 to 30 years, but the structure of boards has not changed at anything like the pace of the organisations ...
11 June, 2019
Broadening board diversity is good corporate governance
Good governance lies at the heart of sustainable businesses. It is vital that directors, executive and non-executive alike, work to ensure their board delivers for all stakeholders, including sharehol...
29 May, 2019
Banking on better cybersecurity
J P Morgan Chase’s chief executive and chair Jamie Dimon has been touted as a potential US presidential candidate, but anyone scouring his annual letter to shareholders for evidence of political amb...
21 May, 2019
Practical steps needed to boost gender diversity on US boards
Looking at the evidence, the US does not perform well when it comes to appointing women to boards. According to
10 May, 2019
Designated non-executives set to represent workforce views
Last week investors in Schroders, the UK asset manager, signed off on the company’s annual report for 2018. Nothing unusual in that, but it was the first known report to contain details of a new fea...
1 May, 2019
Theresa May’s worker representation proposal fails to gain support
Theresa May came to power in 2016 declaring a host of radical...
26 April, 2019
Lack of turnover slows progress for women on US boards
The case for boardroom diversity, whether it be gender or ethnicity, has been made; there can be few boardroom leaders left in post who fail to see the benefits. And yet, the sheer obstinacy of boardr...
16 April, 2019
