Controlling the Board
A boardroom will often see controlling behaviours. Sometimes it will be genuinely innocent, at other times less so, with the tactics being combined with...
03 February, 2026
Author: Rebekah Cooper
Looking Ahead to 2026
At this time of year, The Effective Board gets out its crystal ball and tries to anticipate priorities for boards in the year...
22 December, 2025
Transformation Oversight
Many organisations we work with are undergoing “digital transformation” with major repercussions. ...
02 December, 2025
Dublin Roundtable Keynotes
In October, Independent Audit and Broadgate Search collaborated to bring together a group of experienced INEDs, Company Secretaries and CROs from the financial...
24 November, 2025
Technology Committee or not?
In the rapidly changing AI landscape, does your board need a Technology Committee?...
28 October, 2025
The Strategic Board
How much does a board affect strategic success? We all know companies that have done very well when their board’s main contribution has...
01 October, 2025
Is it time for a refresh?
Boards have to run internal evaluations every year—but too often the process looks the same and yields limited new insight. This session...
16 September, 2025
Podcast Series: DEI and the Board
The conversation looks at why genuinely embracing diversity and inclusion at board level benefits the business. It explores the realities of talent management,...
02 September, 2025
Agenda Planning: What’s Missing?
Have you got gaps in the board agenda? We often see boards not making quite enough space for dull or awkward topics which...
29 July, 2025
The Customer in the Boardroom
Pick up virtually any corporate annual report and you’ll read that “customers are at the centre of what we do”. And no Values...
24 June, 2025