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Make the Journey Your Own

Beyond “Don’t worry. Everybody does it.”

Executive Summaries – your secret sauce for writing winning reports

How can you write Executive Summaries that set…

Enabling growth - in conversation with Susanne Given, chair of Made.com

Susanne Given, chair of Made.com, shares her…

Our Better Nature?

Your board’s language can reveal its underlying…

Sir Michael Rake: “You have to be violently calm during a crisis.”

In this interview, Sir Mike Rake shares his…

On Behalf of Which People?

Prioritise citizens, not consumer rights.

Andrew Kakabadse: “We’re punishing the boards that ask the tough questions — when that should be their raison d’être.”

Andrew is a professor of governance and…

David Roberts: “I want directors who bring their best self at board meetings; not just their smartest self.”

David is the chair of Beazley and Nationwide, as…

Stewardship Could Deliver What ESG Cannot. Here’s How

Fund managers are not croupiers handling casino…

Rebellion and the Boardroom

Will directors stand in the way of change?

André Zerafa: “Disagreeing isn’t the same as challenging.”

André is the managing partner of Ganado Advocates…

5 signs that your board deserves better technology

Thinking of improving your boardroom technology?…

ESG Isn’t a Noun; It’s an Adjective

Pigeonholing ESG will kill it.

Sir John Parker: “To effect change, the important thing is planting the flag.”

Sir John is the chair of Carnival Corporation and…

Stewardship’s Quiet Hero

Remembering Simon Fraser.

David Kelly: “A lot of businesses don’t know what their ESG north star is.”

David Kelly is chair and non-executive director…

Richard Meddings: “When you sign up to a board, you sign up for the challenges.”

Richard is the chair of TSB Bank, a NED of Credit…

Better Judgement

A better approach to procurement is needed.

First Steps Towards a Wealth Creation Manifesto

Governing well the good governance regulator.

Tom Ilube: “Diversity and inclusion aren’t issues to tackle and forget, they’re tools to hone so you can win.”

Tom is the CEO of Crossword Cybersecurity, a NED…

A National Discomfort Policy

What does it take to make us feel unfairness?

Sir Andrew Likierman: What independent judgment truly means for boards

Sir Andrew Likierman reveals how boards can…

The Better Business Act — A Charter for Pie Splitters?

Success depends upon what gets added to the pie.

Architects or Plumbers? The Big Four’s ESG Dilemma

As they focus on ESG, where do EY et al. stand?

Jane Hanson: “Each individual contribution may be good on its own, but put them all together and it becomes a great symphony.”

Jane is the chair of the Reclaim Fund as well as…

Matthew Westerman: “Good mentors know how to listen — and, just as importantly, to teach that skill.”

Matthew is chair of the Imperial War Museums and…

ESG and the Lucrative Market for Salvation

Balancing self-interest with serving others.

Sir Peter Gershon: “Beware the shadow you cast in a senior role.”

Sir Peter is the former chair of National Grid…

Terri Duhon: “In a ‘K-shaped’ recovery, you need to know which part of the ‘K’ you’re on and how you got there.”

Terri is chair of Morgan Stanley Investment…

Lynne Berry: “Reports have a natural tendency to hide the warts, and that’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what the board does.”

Lynne is chair of the Human Tissue Authority and…

Is the Pen Still Mightier Than the Video Call? The Power of Good Business Writing

Writing can illuminate in a way that calls cannot.

Tom Colraine: “The chances of black swans don’t disappear, they just jostle for attention in our minds and agendas.”

Tom is chair of Marsh UK & Ireland.

From Hubris to Hybrid

Governance must reflect commitment.

John Allan: “Resist the urge to rush through the agenda — especially when the solution looks obvious.”

John is chair of Tesco and Barratt Developments,…

None of Us Can Outsource Our Consciences

Health & Safety and ESG have something in common.

There Is No Wealth But Life

How can economic policy transcend economics?

Greed, Super Leagues, and Sewage

When does short-termism become a public matter?

Keith Skeoch: “As chair, you’re the person that has the last vote — but it’s a failure if you have to use it.”

Keith is chair of the Aberdeen Standard…

Private Sector Smugness and an Entitlement Mentality

No business endures unless founded on integrity.

Sir Anthony Habgood: “You need everyone to take board meetings seriously, and your board material should reflect these expectations.”

Sir Anthony is chair of Preqin — a provider of…

4 Tips for a Powerful CEO Board Report

Great CEO’s reports answer “What’s on my mind?”

How To Describe the Health of Your Business on One Page

Our top tips to distil it down to one side of A4.

William Harris: “Leaders who manage with compassion get better results, it’s scientifically documented.”

William is president and CEO of Space Center…

Manon Antoniazzi: “A good board meeting is one that charts a path.”

Manon is chief executive and clerk of the Senedd…

Jonathan Klahr: “The ripple effect of an improvement in the boardroom will be felt far and wide.”

Jonathan is managing director of Susquehanna…

Lord Victor Adebowale: “When plans go flying out the window the way they did in 2020, all that’s left to guide you are your values.”

Lord Victor is chair and co-founder of…

Mark Humphries: “It’s the chair’s job to encourage NEDs to lean in and not expect the executives to have all the answers.”

Mark is chair of Vendigital, Wheelhouse Advisors,…

Wrapping Up 2020

Inspiring insight from leaders in a strange year.

How To Embed Stakeholders Into Your Board’s Decision-Making

There are four questions your board should ask.

Stakeholder Reporting — How To Identify & Present the Metrics That Matter

Reporting starts with finding the right metrics.

Getting Stakeholders in the Board Agenda — and Keeping Them There

Put stakeholders in the agenda, not on it.

Alison Munro: “It’d be a waste to simply go back to old habits.”

Alison is chair of the National College for…

Mill Hill School - Enabling Effective Decision-Making in Challenging Times

Find out how Board Intelligence supported Mill…

Angela Lockwood: “You can’t simply tell managers, ‘From Monday on, you’ll trust your staff more.’”

Angela is CEO of North Star Housing Group, as…

Paul Lester: “If you’ve been thinking of trying something new, this is the time to do it.”

Paul is chair of McCarthy & Stone and Essentra,…

Purpose and Why It Needs To Guide All Decision-Making

Erika Percival from leading governance…

Helen White: “Why are we here in the first place?”

Helen is CEO of Taff Housing Association, as well…

Stowe Family Law — Driving Focused Board Conversations

Find out how Stowe Family Law used Board…

Douglas van den Aardweg: “As boards we shouldn’t be waiting for Government to tell us what to do.”

Douglas is chair of HSBC Life UK and Daiwa…

Black Lives and the Board

Champions of equality share their views on what…

Martin Gilbert: “The days of autocratic leadership are over.”

Martin is chair of Revolut and senior independent…

Stakeholder Reporting & Section 172: What Can Board Directors Do?

What actions can board directors take now to meet…

Justine Campbell: “Company secretaries can be nervous exercising their authority, but they have the mandate to make things better.”

Justine is Group General Counsel and Company…

If Cash is King Again, Who Comes Next?

In conversation with John Elkington, Richard…

Virtual Boards: Seize the Silver Lining Before the Cloud Is Gone

88% of boards think e-meetings can better them.

John Elkington: “We must move from incremental solutions to exponential ones.”

John is a world authority on corporate…

In Conversation With James Emmett: Decision-Making in Radical Uncertainty

We ask former HSBC CEO, James Emmett, how times…

How Subsidiary Boards Can Conquer Decision-Making Power Struggles

Where does true decision-making power lie in a…

Virtual Board Meetings: A Once-in-a-Career Opportunity To Shine

Why you should approach virtual board meetings as…

Glen Moreno: “Confident chairs aren’t afraid to tell management ‘You’re not providing information, just numbers.’”

Glen is a director and former CEO of Fidelity…

Five Cybersecurity Mistakes in the Virtual Boardroom

What to know now that board papers aren’t paper.

Security in the Virtual Boardroom

Cybersecurity experts’ tips to keep meetings safe.

How Uncertain Is the Future and What Does It Mean for Decision-Making?

How do we make smart decisions in times when…

Why Collaboration Tools Can’t Replace a Board Portal

What are the limitations of using collaboration…

Navigating a Crisis: What’s the Board of Directors’ Role?

What is the role of the board of directors in…

In Conversation with Ben Mathews: Thriving in Times of Adversity

Ben Mathews, Group Company Secretary of BP, talks…

An Argument for Compassion

Competitive advantages follow benevolence.

Offshore Governance, On Track for Change

Crown dependencies are adapting to new challenges.

Reporting on External Developments, in 90 Seconds

How do you report on what’s outside your control?

Tips for Taking Minutes in a Virtual Meeting

Minute-taking isn’t easy at the best of times.

The Virus Putting Boards Under the Microscope

Covid-19 forces directors to change their ways.

Golden Rules From the Charity Boardroom

Charity chairs share the rules they live by.

Sharon Thorne: “Companies will have little choice but to include societal responsibilities at the heart of their strategies.”

Sharon is chair of the Deloitte Global Board of…

How Should School Governors Prioritise Their Priorities?

Why setting out the right priorities is more…

Tackling the Housing Crisis Starts With Tackling the Good Governance Crisis

How effective governance and discussion in the…

5 Steps to Board Meeting Enlightenment in PE-Backed Companies — Part Ⅴ

Step 5: keep the data simple!

Matthew Parker: “The aspiration has to be that the executives attend board meetings because they get something from it.”

Matthew Parker is CEO of Babble, an LDC-backed…

David Bennett: “When boards don’t articulate the value their businesses bring to stakeholders, the world ends up not seeing it.”

David is chair of Ashmore Group, the investment…

Martin Temple: “My first priority is ensuring the board gives the executives the resources to get the job done.”

Martin is chair of the Health and Safety…

UK Asset Managers: The FCA Aren’t Just Saying “Jump!”, They’ve Also Told You How High

The FCA’s letter to Asset Management CEOs calls…

A Sports Team: If You Own It, Do You Really Want to Run It?

The tension between passion projects and good…

Introducing Agenda Planner

We are delighted to announce the launch of Agenda…

FRC’s Review of the UK Corporate Governance Code: Give a Damn or Be Damned

The FRC criticises companies for “box-ticking”…

Your Boardroom Team Talk

What Manchester City’s victory over Manchester…

Agenda Planning — Are You Prioritising Your Priorities?

Successful meetings start long before you meet.

60 Seconds With… Stuart Layzell

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

What Boards Could Learn From…

Seven speakers, who are neither typical business…

Phillip Ullmann: “Businesses need to generate profit, that’s obvious, but we have to ask: ‘To what end?’”

Phillip is chief energiser at Cordant Group, the…

Decision Making and Boards

Our final Think Tank topic of 2019 was led by the…

5 Steps to Board Meeting Enlightenment in PE-Backed Companies — Part Ⅳ

How to articulate clear questions for the…

60 Seconds With… Jenny Davies

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

5 Ways to Disrupt “Business As Usual”

Follow our 5 tips on using boardroom disruption…

Culture and Values: Meaningful or Meaningless?

“How the CEO behaves overrides all cultural…

60 Seconds With… Andy Bord

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Jon Andrew

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Board Members: Last-Chance Climate Saviours?

What can corporate boards do to consider their…

Immune to Feedback? What NHS Governance Can Learn From Medicine

Why NHS governance teams should face feedback,…

Economic ADHD? The Board Will See You Now

The board may be an old-fashioned tool, but it…

60 Seconds With… Robert Welch

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Baroness Patience Wheatcroft

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

5 Steps to Board Meeting Enlightenment in PE-Backed Companies — Part Ⅲ

How to write a CEOs’ report for portfolio…

60 Seconds With… Mike Walsh

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Tough Debates Ahead? Just Cancel the Board

Proroguing Parliament will lead to worse outcomes.

Has Peak-Trump Triggered the “Woke” Board?

Beyond shareholder-first philosophy to “improving…

Strategic Adviser: Kerry Porritt

Kerry Porritt is Group Company Secretary and…

60 Seconds With… John Handley

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

5 Steps to Board Meeting Enlightenment in PE-Backed Companies — Part Ⅱ

Tips to break the unproductive cycle of board…

Section 172 Statement and Directors’ Duties

All directors know about S172 but most boards…

5 Steps to Board Meeting Enlightenment in PE-Backed Companies — Part Ⅰ

How portfolio companies should rewrite their…

Portfolio Company Board Effectiveness

Key takeaways from the panel discussion on board…

60 Seconds With… Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Neil Woodford: a governance warning for all asset managers?

What can be learnt from the fund’s downfall?

DXA’19 Nomination for ‘Best App’

Board Intelligence have been shortlisted for…

60 Seconds With… Hamish Middleton

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Sir Douglas Flint

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Sir Brendan Barber

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Employee Voice — What Difference Will the Reforms Make to the Board Conversation?

Our first Think Tank topic of 2019 was prompted…

60 Seconds With… Paul Franks

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

The Role & Value of Board Meetings in PE-Backed Businesses — London Roundtable

Along with Blackwood Group, we gathered a small…

The Periodic Table and Agenda Planning

On the eve of the Periodic table's birthday…

60 seconds with… Major General Paul Nanson & Brigadier Bill Wright

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… David Hall

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Effective Board Reporting — The Findings

Board packs continue to get longer and costlier…

Information Overload Is Crippling Board Performance

The ICAEW’s new report highlights a critical…

The Role & Value of Board Meetings in PE-Backed Businesses

86% of PE investors believe board packs contain…

60 Seconds With… Liz Kelly

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Calum Paterson

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Adrian McGlynn

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Bill Priestley

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 seconds with… Alison Kay

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

The Governance Grand Tour — Bristol

Find out everything that happened at the…

60 Seconds With… Barnaby Lenon

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

The CEO Board Report, in 90 seconds

The CEO’s report is possibly one of the most…

The Governance Grand Tour — Edinburgh

Find out everything that happened at the…

SMR: A Missed Opportunity?

This podcast looks at some of the highlights of…

60 Seconds With… Sue Murphy

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

SMR: Good Intent, Dangerous Traps

What impact has the Senior Managers Regime been…

60 Seconds With… Murray Steele

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Asset Managers: Are You Ready for Change?

The FCA has released its first proposal of…

Case Study — The Clothworkers’ Company

View our The Clothworkers' Company client case…

The Governance Grand Tour — Dublin

Find out everything that happened at the…

Upcoming Events: August 2018

Some events of interest happening in August, we…

60 Seconds With… Jocelyn Stuart-Grumbar

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

New Effective Board Reporting Tools

Announcing the launch of a set of tools to aid…

60 Seconds With… Chris Hopson

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Upcoming Events: July 2018

Some events of interest happening in July, we…

The Governance Grand Tour — Birmingham

Find out everything that happened at the…

60 Seconds With… Margaret Casely-Hayford & Christian Weaver

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

The Hidden Cost of Board Meetings

Do you have any idea how much your board meetings…

60 Seconds of… Chairs Golden Rules

A selection of inspirational and actionable…

The Governance Grand Tour — Manchester

Find out everything that happened at the very…

The Board — Overseer or Operator?

How much should boards know about, and get…

60 Seconds With… Christopher Rodrigues CBE

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Better Board Packs — Your Input

Board Intelligence has worked with the ICSA to…

The 3 ‘C’s That Define An Independent Chair

The Financial Reporting Council’s draft revised…

60 Seconds With… Mark Hoban

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Sir Win Bischoff

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Case Study — Channel 4

View our Channel 4 client case study & see how we…

12 Days of Christmas Winners

On 9th January 2018, we revealed the winners of…

Time To Redress The Balance In Board Packs

New research from ICSA and Board Intelligence…

60 Seconds With… Martin Leuw

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Revised CG Code: Purpose + Process = Progress

Does the revised draft of the UK Corporate…

60 Seconds With… David Tyler

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Have boards become bogged down in governance?

Focusing on the principles and engaging…

60 Seconds With… Sir Brian Bender

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Vagn Sørensen

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Dean Godwin

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

60 Seconds With… Sarah Bates

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Upcoming Events: August 2017

Some events of interest happening in August, we…

60 Seconds With… Penny Hughes CBE

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Upcoming Events: July

Some events of interest happening in July, we…

60 Seconds With… Jonathan Ruffer

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Case Study — Rolls-Royce

View our Rolls Royce client case study & see how…

Boards Need To Take Time To Make Time

How can boards find time for strategic discussion?

Are Politicians Widening the Gulf Between Big Business and Society?

Nuance is missing in recent public statements.

The New Board Intelligence App

The New Board Intelligence App

60 Seconds With… Sir John Parker

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Case Study — Sykes Cottages

View our Sykes Cottages client case study & see…

Enhance your cyber security with a board portal

Enhance your cyber security with a board portal

60 Seconds With… Jamie Hambro

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Shorter And Sharper Board Packs Please!

Shorter And Sharper Board Packs Please!

Case Study — GB Group

View our GB Group client case study & see how we…

Digital board packs: Are you wasting time with paper?

Digital board packs: Are you wasting time with…

60 Seconds With… Dame Gill Morgan

Get boardroom insights, tips, & rules for…

Big Data? It’s Big Insight Your Board Needs

Steer your board to more productive conversations…

Will a Board Portal Make Your Board More Effective?

Will a Board Portal Make Your Board More…

In the Boardroom, Size Matters

Board packs are ballooning. Why?

Unfocused Board Meetings? Take Control Of Your Agenda

Unfocused Board Meetings? Take Control Of Your…

Case Study — JTC

View our JTC client case study & see how we…

SMR: Have You Done Enough?

SMR: Have You Done Enough?

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