Category: governance
The first board "retirement" is here
My six years as a director and trustee on the board of London Metropolitan University have seen me serve in many roles and now that capacity comes free and I look forward to my next boards.
On Board Apprenticeships
It takes both a willing, welcoming and committed board, and a committed board apprentice to make the experience worthwhile for both sides.
Start with the "why?" and whether you are ready!
Neurodiversity, disclosure, and the workplace
Leaders and boards must create a truly inclusive organisational culture before requiring or nudging the neurodiverse or other kinds of different persons to disclose their difference.
"Good Chairman are born, not made": a debate
"Born" or "made" is a false dichotomy - nearly everyone is "born" with the potential to be "made". Whether they realise the potential is often a more complex function than dichotomies often cannot address.
Boards and governance: Lessons from 2022
The year widely if wrongly described as "post pandemic" has lessons for the what and the how of governance, BAU and business-as-unusual, and the changing nature of accountability.
Climate action: Opportunity ahead
Boards have an urgent need to focus on opportunity in climate action in addition to our continuing role in climate risk mitigation. The time is now.
Drivers and Allies
If you want to drive change, don't drive alone. Identify your allies. Bring those allies with you. Let them ride shotgun.
How do you solve a problem called Inclusion? (2)
Inclusion is not an "HR problem" but a strategic challenge for boards. The solution does not lie only in fixing how you hire but in committing to driving cultural change.
Accessibility, literacy, responsibility
If you are a board director who lacks fluency in technologies, established or emerging, you may be failing in your duties as a director, perhaps without realising.
Connective tissue
Governance is a contact sport that requires boards to understand the connective tissue of an organisation; which like the human body is sadly only noticed when it fails to deliver as expected. We can choose to take more conscious approaches to noting its role.