Blogs

The Duke of Sussex vowed never to walk away from Sentebale, the charity he created in 2006, at the age of 21, in memory of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, but this week he resigned as a Patron, following a breakdown in boardroom relations during which all trustees but one resigned. The incident has generated significant press coverage, which was fed by a number of public statements made by the different parties to the dispute.

Boards really matter. A successful board of directors adds significant value to an organisation and its stakeholders. Good boards do not happen by accident. Nor does board effectiveness last indefinitely. Many boards don’t achieve their potential because they remain collections of individuals and never form into a team.

Professor Andrew Kakabadse’s report for the Institute, Building trust through governance: the role of the company secretary, identified resilience as one of the key traits of successful governance professionals.

This article highlights how to reappoint or re-elect a director to the board.

Loretto Leavy and Ruth Sealy from the University of Exeter Business School help us understand better behavioural dynamics on boards and how behavioural dynamics processes can drive positive change. This article highlights how to design the composition of your board.

This article highlights how to undertake Non-Executive Director (NED) succession planning.

Outlining research findings on how to induct, train and develop directors and boards.

This article highlights how to appoint or nominate a director to the board.

New CGIUKI guidance provides advice on how governance professionals can provide a new director with the information they need to be effective in their role.

Annual reports seem to be getting longer, but do more pages necessarily equate to more value? Perhaps this is one of those situations when less is more.

The AGM pre-period provides a good opportunity to promote engagement and communicate with members and shareholders.

In a recent episode of the Enter the Boardroom podcast, Oliver Cummings, CEO of Nurole, discusses industry top tips on making the board as effective as it can be.