Board best practices for a company partnering with a Private Equity firm
For many board and executive teams taking on investment from a private equity (PE) firm, the board represents one of the biggest areas of change and in some cases challenge
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Streaming the next board meeting live to shareholders – expectations of board effectiveness & performance
Many company boards, irrespective of their scale, do not have an accurate understanding of their board effectiveness & performance. In most cases, their shareholders have even less of an understanding
Are company boards sleep-walking in the face of un-relenting cyber-threats and potential catastrophic damage to their organisation ?
On a weekly basis, I am genuinely taken aback by the complacency & naivety of company boards when it comes to the serious threats posed by cyber-attacks and their potential
Partnership between executive and non-executive board members at the core of an outstanding board
As we begin January and a new year ahead, many chairmen and board members have been contemplating the year just finished, reflecting on the positives, the challenges and now looking
Understanding the trust equation in a board of directors
The great people thinker Stephen M. R. Covey once wrote “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate ; We merely co-ordinate, or at best co-operate. It is trust that transforms a
Utilising a high-quality board review as a catalyst to improve your board effectiveness and performance
One of the key characteristics of a highly effective board team is that they have a genuine performance culture, have a very realistic understanding of what the board’s strengths &
Mergers & Acquisitions – Optimising the board team transition
A CEO once commented to me that one of the saddest days of his professional career happened when he attended the first board meeting of a large company that had
Optimising the levels and quality of challenge & debate at board meetings
“The highest performing companies have extremely contentious boards that regard dissent as an obligation and that treat no subject as undiscussable” is a key finding from ground-breaking research carried out