Continuous learning
Anyone with a professional qualification is required to complete some form of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). However, based on my 45...
The Wates governance principles
This blog past was written by Mark Wearden, an experienced NED, a nationally recognised authority on corporate governance, a prolific author, and...
The importance of discussing your boardroom ethics
What are the ethics of your boardroom? By what values and principles do you operate? Are they clear? Are they shared? Do they work? Ethical...
New Directors – Board 101
For new directors, the fundamental question is the same as for anyone in a new job looking to do that job well: what is my role? Or, to put it...
10 Signs your Board may be dysfunctional
2021 is over. Whatever happened, you can probably meet that news with a sigh of relief. However, no time to breathe, here’s 2022. And looking...
Managing Director, Chairman or both?
If we describe a board of directors as the “mind and will of the company”, that begs the question, who is guiding that mind and will? At the risk...
The public speaking advice you’ve never heard before, from ‘the anti-speech writer’
We were delighted to read Carrie Kerpen’s article in Forbes magazine recently, profiling the work of our very own Susie Ashfield: Susie Ashfield...
Pandemic performance – is your Board focused?
It’s been a year-plus of pandemic now. How’s business? Thriving? Surviving? Looking for a way out? Businesses have seen (and implemented) a...
Trust is a superpower – does your board have it?
A guest blog by Grant Ashfield Reading time: 2:20s A few years ago I found myself working with a Board Team where the levels of trust were...
Team building in a COVID world – how to ensure the team sticks together when it’s apart
Henry Ford apparently once said, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Seems reasonable...
How do you prepare your business for the year ahead?
A guest blog by Grant Ashfield Reading time: 2:50s It’s 2021 and the storm is still blowing. The new year kicks off with the same...
NED 101
A few years ago, I heard a cruel joke: Q: Why is a non-executive director like a bidet? A: No one knows what it’s really for but it adds a touch...