Dangerous ideas made safe
Boards need to discuss horrible ideas: the idea that your product might no longer be…
Julie Garland McLellan
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Give, Get, Get Off or Govern?
Company directors on not-for-profit boards are often required to make substantial donations to the cause,…
Business Laws & Ethics
The changing role of boards and management as companies grow
The role of the boards and management changes as the company grows and the management team…
Business Laws & Ethics
Digital Directors
It has often been said that there is no place in the boardroom for a…
Business Laws & Ethics
A vote for consensus
Recent calls by the governance advisory community for the individual voting record of each director…
Business Laws & Ethics
What Would Google Do to Boards?
Jeff Jarvis’ latest book ‘What Would Google Do’ envisions the ways in which running businesses…
Business Laws & Ethics
Fit and Improper
There are many attempts to define ethical standards for company directors. It would be foolish…
Business Laws & Ethics
Board Spills
The British Financial Reporting Council has just released an updated version of the corporate governance…
Business Laws & Ethics
Board Competence
One of the most vexed issues when talking to people who aspire to company directorship…