We host a variety of roundtables and training workshops on topical governance issues and board effectiveness, and are frequently invited to speak at external events. So get out your diaries and read on to find out what’s coming up this November.
For more information on any of our events or speakers, please contact Lauren.
See this month’s events for:
- Governance professionals;
- Board members;
- Private Equity professionals;
- Financial Services professionals.
For Governance Professionals
Effective Report Writing: 12th November
Join our breakfast to learn how to prepare board papers that are half the size with twice the impact. We’ll share our methodology to write high-quality papers and tools you can use to support and upskill your report authors — ensuring they are equipped to write papers that enable board members to discharge their duties.
Automating Your Board Reporting: 26th November
Join our breakfast roundtable to learn more from our research with the Cambridge Judge Business School on board members’ common complaints regarding board agendas and what Chairmen and board members really want.
We’ll also share the Company Secretary’s perspective on the typical agenda planning process, time sinks, and pain points. Finally, we will introduce the Board Intelligence Six Conversations Model to support planning effective agendas, and tools you can use to streamline your process.
For Board Members
What Boards Could Learn From…: 6th November
Governance scandals. Corporate mistrust. They matter more than ever but the same old platitudes keep being trotted out and it’s time for something new.
Exclusively for board members, we will be hosting a series of TED-style talks as we look at fresh sources of inspiration to age-old problems. From Paralympians to hackers, professors to military leaders, join us at ‘What Boards Could Learn From…’ to understand how their experiences can be applied to the boardroom.
To find out more information about the morning and to discuss your eligibility to join, please contact us.
For Private Equity Professionals
The Board’s Role & Value in PE-Backed Businesses: 19th November
Board meetings are a key tool for value creation — making the board pack an important focus for PE houses and their portfolio companies. Yet, few boards manage to make it value-enhancing.
To understand what’s going wrong, and why, we engaged with over 100 investment professionals, portfolio company executives, and experienced non-executives. Our research revealed a worrying disconnect between what is expected from board meetings and what they actually achieve, as well as widespread concerns about the quality of board reporting.
Join our breakfast roundtable in London to discuss these findings, and learn what leading portfolio company boards are doing to deliver value-enhancing board meetings.
For Financial Services Professionals
SMR Part 2: 5 Steps to Effective Reporting: 21st November
As firms embed the Senior Managers Regime, many wonder if they’re doing a good job. Have they addressed what SMR means for compliant and effective reporting? Is it possible to benchmark themselves? And how can SMR make their lives easier, not harder?
Join our breakfast roundtable in London to find out 5 key steps that any company can take to assess where they are on their SMR journey.
You will also find us at…
We will be attending the following events this month, do catch us if you are there:
- NCVO/Bates Wells Trustee Conference, 4th November 2019
- ICSA Data Governance Summit, 11th November 2019
- Thomson Reuters Company Secretary Forum 2019, 19th November 2019