UK CEOs under pressure need board help, so directors seek more operational information, recent research reveals.

People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. Workplace stress is more common than most people realise.

Every board director knows that smart decision making matters, yet even clever leaders often fall into the traps set by ego.

Creating space and time for considered, formal debate of board decisions will allow sense—and true consensus—to emerge.

Effective governance means keeping one eye to the horizon—especially when that horizon presents incoming business risks.

C-suite executives lack confidence that their boards can cope with rapidly evolving business risks, survey results suggest.

Governance can be tricky, if not impossible, when board members have something important to say, but face barriers to being heard.

There is a time and a place for jokes, and recent research suggests that the boardroom may be better off without them.

Networking continues to be a key route to non-executive board roles, but there are other avenues well worth exploring.

Here are a dozen things to consider for candidates ready to take the step up to the boardroom as a non-exec.