Ten minutes that will transform your (Zoom) board meetings
September 16, 2021
I’d guess that most of us have held more board meetings virtually than in person over the last 18 months. Remote meetings, still a rarity two years ago, are business as usual and here to stay.We’re learning how to make the most of them: To interpret non-verbal signa...
The three levels of medalling, in board diversity
August 26, 2021
Over that inspiring fortnight of distraction, the Tokyo Olympics, two new verbs have joined the mainstream, as in ‘I can’t believe we’ve medalled... we were only aiming to podium at the next Games.’
As those verbs have entrenched themselves in th...
How often do we hear boards discussing the type of skills they’d like to attract … ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we had an engineer/micro-biologist/blockchain expert on the board?’I’m fully in favour of making sure our boards have people with the right skills and...
When the Chair wants to become the Boss
March 22, 2021
Last week the New Zealand Herald revealed that, among candidates for the chief executive’s role at Greater Wellington Regional Council, the current Council Chair Daran Ponter had thrown his hat into the ring.It’s far from the first time that this has happened, ...
The (other) Rule of Six – and the mistake we make in using it
September 14, 2020
Last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced the ‘Rule of Six,’ limiting gatherings to six people, in order to slow the spread of Covid-19.
This brought to mind the older ‘Six Block Rule’ that directors have used to guide them on their capacity to accep...
Some people tower over their profession: Albert Einstein – physical sciences, Chuck Yeager – test flying, Florence Nightingale – nursing (and statistics – check her out). In corporate governance, few are as respected as Professor Bob Garratt, author of ‘T...
Who saw that coming? The A.R.T. of Risk Governance
June 25, 2020
I don’t suppose any of us fully anticipated what we, and the rest of the world, have experienced in these last few months.
Most of our boards have well considered and often colourful risk registers, which they review regularly. So why was this coronavirus such an amb...
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