21 September, 2020
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
The scale and pace of change unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic has no precedent in modern history. How well companies perform depends in part, at least, on their board of directors, the highest decis...
1 September, 2020
Power, politics and crisis response on the board
When crisis kicks in, we tend to rely on instinct. Familiar solutions and well-honed responses will occur most naturally to us—regardless of their relevance to the problem at hand. If you want to kn...
20 August, 2020
ESG ‘not a factor’ in share price resilience during Covid-19 crisis
There’s bad news for supporters of companies who score highly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Academics claim that lofty ESG ratings failed to “immunise” the stock prices ...
30 July, 2020
In the current crisis, less hierarchical companies show special resilience
“Our three-year transformation towards a more participative organisation helped us to overcome this,” shared the CEO of the Brussels-region governmental employment agency regarding the Covid-19 cr...
13 July, 2020
Warning over boardroom composition as businesses adapt to Covid-19
The trials placed on governments, economies and societies by Covid-19 are far from over, but it’s already clear that the pandemic is forcing organisations—and boardrooms—to adapt. One realisatio...
14 May, 2020
Balancing the books: the challenges of chairing a library charity
I have been chair of the board for the past 18 months at Libraries Unlimited, which is a charity representing more than 50 libraries across Devon. During this time I have found myself navigating five ...
12 May, 2020
Ardern and Cuomo lead the way on crisis communications
A leader’s key weapon in battling any crisis is exceptional communication. The Mandarin word for crisis, "Wei Ji", combines two characters (危 机): danger and opportunity. How a business leader ma...
5 May, 2020
Forget perfect: how to make decisions during uncertain times
Even before Covid-19 we were living in a period of high uncertainty and volatility. Every sector of our economy was, arguably, being disrupted by technological change and/or by cross-border competitio...
17 April, 2020
The role of the board in times of distress
The Covid-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on humanity at an unprecedented scale. Draconian measures governments are imposing in an attempt to “flatten the curve” have triggered a swift and massive e...
9 April, 2020
