A veteran board chair once hauled me over the coals for recommending as part of an external board evaluation the addition of a female non-executive director (NED) to improve the
A company board chair recently lamented to me during an external board evaluation that he regretted his approach to board composition over the years and that at a time when
A company board chair asked me late last year for guidance on a dilemma he was struggling with in terms of one of his strongest non-executive directors coming up to
“My board frustrate the hell out of me, we put in a huge effort into producing our board packs and I seriously question if they read them properly, they are
One of the hallmarks of high-performing board teams is an ability for the board team to demonstrate consistently strong levels of high-quality challenge and debate which not only optimises the
While watching the outstanding recent win by the Irish rugby team against the New Zealand All-Blacks, I was reminded of a strongly held view I have of the strong parallels
In recent years the major focus on board diversity has been correctly on the gender area and I have seen first hand in the board teams that we have supported
In working with board teams across the UK & Ireland, one of the interesting characteristics I have noticed in high-performing board teams is that they develop a strong “gut feeling
