Tag: board expertise
Nominations open for the Non-Executive Director Awards 2025
Now more than ever, boards need non-executive directors with outstanding skills to help steer them through the difficult decisions ahead.
How to foster innovation
Aligning the goals of employees, managers and the board creates a productive and efficient corporate environment.
Boards get more involved as stress rises
UK CEOs under pressure need board help, so directors seek more operational information, recent research reveals.
How to handle a toxic boss
People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. Workplace stress is more common than most people realise.
Do you have an intelligence mindset?
Every board director knows that smart decision making matters, yet even clever leaders often fall into the traps set by ego.
Choose your words carefully
Creating space and time for considered, formal debate of board decisions will allow sense—and true consensus—to emerge.
10 ways to prepare for disruption
Effective governance means keeping one eye to the horizon—especially when that horizon presents incoming business risks.
US boards show dip in performance
C-suite executives lack confidence that their boards can cope with rapidly evolving business risks, survey results suggest.
The Secret NED: a difficult message to the CEO
Governance can be tricky, if not impossible, when board members have something important to say, but face barriers to being heard.
The role of executive-search firms in unlocking boardroom excellence
Networking continues to be a key route to non-executive board roles, but there are other avenues well worth exploring.