CGI News
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland agrees five-year investment in the Sports Governance Academy
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland has joined forces with Sport England, UK Sport, sportscotland, Sport Wales and Sport Northern Ireland to provide a unified offer of governance support to the sport and physical activity sector
Press Release
New Chair of ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute’s Guernsey Branch named as Teresa Le Couteur
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute is pleased to announce the election of Teresa Le Couteur, Group Company Secretary for Northern Trust Guernsey, as Chair of the Institute’s Guernsey Branch, effective 1 January 2021. Teresa’s was elected to the position by the Bailiwick’s membership and succeeds Paul Smith, who chaired the branch from May 2019 until December 2020, having been Vice Chair since Jan 2016.
Branch event
AGM and CPD session: Governance & Risk Management in Pillar 1 of the Sustainable Finance Roadmap
In support of the publication of recent guidance by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Authority on sustainable finance and the regulated sectors, join us for this lunchtime event with Adam Creamore and Andrew Kniveton from the IOMFSA. This session is followed by our AGM.
Press Release
Board evaluation review published today shows there’s room for improvement
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today released the findings of its review into the effectiveness of independent board evaluation in the UK listed sector. The review, which was carried out at the request of the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), assessed the quality of evaluations and has identified a number of ways in which board evaluation might be improved.
Press Release
Want greater psychological safety and better chairing in your boardroom? Try investing in team alignment, new report finds
A new report out today from The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland and the Centre for Synchronous Leadership has revealed that many boardrooms have worryingly low levels of psychological safety and are avoiding important conversations that involve vulnerability or challenge. COVID-19 has made this behaviour even more of a liability. Unsurprisingly, the worst offenders are more likely to have poor chairing. However, both characteristics are strongly correlated with the extent to which boards and executive committees invest in team alignment.