Impact of the Chairman – CEO relationship on the board dynamics
As our Board Excellence team engages with boards for either best-practice workshops or board reviews, one of the key characteristics I am looking out for early on is an initial
Board Effectiveness & Performance
The curse of group-think in a board of directors
A perennial challenge facing all boards is the curse of group-think where the board settles in to a comfortable groove, disruptive & innovative ideas/discussion discouraged, the board members happy to
Can the chairman make or break a board’s effectiveness ?
It is often said that “good boards are created by good chairmen” who create the conditions for overall board and individual director effectiveness. The chairman sets the board’s tone and
Do we really need diversity in our board ?
For many years, boards of directors, from the largest global organisations to the smallest, have wrestled with and in a significant number of cases have simply failed to understand the
What makes for a truly outstanding Non-Executive director ?
Non-executive directors (NED) play an increasingly key role on boards of directors. Non-executive directors perform a critical role in providing an independent objective and external perspective in the boardroom –