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A board sat around a table discussing strategy.

Strategising

Board members sat around a table discussing executives. Board members don't have confidence in the executives.

Building Board Confidence in Executive Governance

Board committee attending a meeting. The chair has made them wear hats.

Board Committee Attendance

Boards reflecting on their year gone by. Looking ahead to 2025.

Year-End Reflections for Boards

Audit committee sat around a table assessing the quality of the external auditor,

Assessing external audit effectiveness

Board members discussing the 'red' parts of the business.

Overseeing Internal Audit

Board members sat around a table discussing whether they have third party risk under control.

Third Party Risk

Board members sat around a table discussing stakeholders.

Stakeholder Stimulation

Board members not understanding what it means to stand back and take a look at the bigger picture.

Standing Back!

Board members sat around a table with a festive theme. They are discussing ESG reports.

It’s time to take stock: looking ahead to 2024

Board members sat around a table discussing how AI can transform the board's work.

Artificial Intelligence: Getting on the front foot

Board members discussing committee meetings.

Risk Oversight: Board or Committee?

Board members sat around a table discussing risk.

Here we go again: banking risk

Board members sat around a table discussing their technology strategy.

The Tech Deficit

Board members sat around a table discussing its purpose.

Why are we here?

Santa clause out in the snow.

What does 2023 have in store?

Board members sat around a table discussing customer service.

All about the Customer

Board members sat around a table during a crisis.

Stressing the Business Model

Board members discussing uncertain economic outcomes.

Economics in the Boardroom

Board members discussing reputation as a risk.

Watch out for your reputation

Board members sat around a table discussing stakeholder mapping.

Understanding your Impact on Stakeholders

Board members discussing seeing committees separately.

Breaking Silos

A CEO speaking to a board about his vision of sustainable success. However, they are not listening.

Stress Management

Board members discussing their business model. It is not a simple business model.

Understand your Business Model

A man sat at his desk, working from home. His wife is informing him that the regulator has arrived at their home.

Working From Home: The Risks of the new Normal

Santa clause telling Rudolph that he cannot work from home this year.

Hot Topics for 2022: What other boards are missing

Board members sat around a table having a meeting.

What are board meetings for?

A hybrid board meeting where the people online are being excluded.

Board meetings: The Hazards of Hybrids

Adult professionals receiving training but are struggling.

Board Training: it’s tricky

Board members having an away day but some people have joined virtually.

Away Days: Back To Normal?

A man looking at his computer and has a lot of pages to read for just one item.

Board Papers – Position them!

People sat around a table discussing third party risk.

Third Parties: do we know what’s happening?

A man having a meeting about principal risks.

The Principal Risk Discussion: what’s it for?

Men sat around a table discussing diversity.

Diversity & Inclusion and Boardroom Performance

People sat around a table having a meeting with people on a screen.

On Screen Meetings: Take Two

Santa clause discussing governance over a call.

2020 Shock? Take Stock

What makes a good Chair: a look at the many different skills needed

It’s tough at the top

The Board can help the Company Secretary add more strategic value

A more strategic role for the Company Secretary

People sat around a table discussing zoom.

Looking ahead post-pandemic

People sat around a board table with some people joining in the meeting virtually.

Decision-making in a virtual world

A man discussing the root cause analysis of a problem.

Risk management, control and COVID-19

Man and woman sat around a table having a discussion. People are joining in online.

Rethink and reshape the way you work

A man sat at this computer wearing a mask. The computer has been locked.

Cyber risk questions the Board needs to ask about COVID-19

Virtual board meetings need different ways of working

Making virtual board meetings work well

Men about to board a boat. They are discussing the example the young person is setting regarding climate change.

The temperature rises in the boardroom

A woman sat on a sofa joining in to a Board meeting virtually.

Board life in 2030?

Board members listening to their employees by engaging with them directly.

Listening to the employee voice

A man telling another man what he wants from a board review.

9 Steps to a better board review questionnaire

People sat around a table discussing the agenda of their meeting.

8 ways to get the most from your strategy away day

Two men discussing how they are confused as to why they did not score high on communication.

More than bean counters

Board member stood by a life that is stuck with people in it.

Cyber risks – what a board should be asking

People sat around a board table discussing the messaging from board papers.

Joy or dread? How do you feel about your board pack?

People sat around a table in a room. The door is shut and people are trying to listen in.

The Ins and Outs of Private Sessions

People sat around a table with the spotlight on one individual.

Order, order! How to run a good Board meeting

How boards should respond to the emphasis on Principles and what the business is for

The New Code: Spotlight on the Principles

A man sat around a table with robots.

NED Versus Machine

Board members sat around a table discussing hearing the employee voice.

Thinking of Others

Board members sat around a table. The chair is making up time.

Committee Reporting

Board members sat around a table. Some of the poeple have expiration dates.

Refreshments please!

Santa clause and his helpers sat around a board table discussing different scenarios.

De-stressing and Stressing

A man leaving a room with people sat in a queue waiting to enter after him.

Director Performance Review

people sat around a table for a risk committee meeting. There are too many people sat around the table.

(Audit and) Risk Committees

People sat around a table and the chairman is addressing bias around the table.

Bias in boardroom decision-making

A historic looking man looing into a laptop with a magnifying glass.

Board portals: some Do’s and Don’ts

People sat around a board table having a discussion.

Management in meetings

People sat around a table having a discussion.

Hot Topics

People sat around a table. It seems like there is a lot of chaos.

Committees and Risk

Chairman encouraging the CEO to share what is on her mind.

The CEO Report

Board members sat around a table. Everything is chaotic.

The Hygiene Factor: Getting Meetings Right

Board members sat around a table discussing risk management effectiveness.

Is your risk management truly effective?

People sat around a table discussing the company's global governance.

Subsidiary boards – it’s not that simple

Board members sat around a table discussing uncertainty.

Dealing with Uncertainty

People using a flashlight to look at an ancient book on a shelf.

In danger of being caught short?

A man lying down on a sofa with a doctor attending to him.

Remuneration Committees: Avoiding the pitfalls

People discussing how to improve their organisation culture.

The best way to assess organisational culture

Board members trying to be innovative.

Innovative Innovation

The remuneration committee setting out their strategy.

Remuneration Committees again on the front line

A man leaning out of a window talking to a person passing by on the street.

The Nominations Committee: not so easy after all

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