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The 7 Governance Myths

The 7 Governance Myths

Myth 1 As a non-executive director you get the best out of your executive colleagues by always keeping them on their toes. In a unitary board environment where executives attend and contribute in board meetings. board’s work better collectively when there is a collegiate approach. An aggressive approach is counter-productive and although healthy tension and

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Getting to Know the Governor

As we begin 2016, many of us will have taken the time to reflect on the last 12 months, I thought it may be a good opportunity to share with you some of my thoughts about governance in the form of a recent interview my staff did with me. If you’ve ever heard me speak about governance or attended a...
18 January 2016
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Key Principles of the UKCGC

Last month we considered the first two parts from the definition of corporate governance provided by the committee chaired by Sir Adrian Cadbury that reported on the Financial Aspects of Corporate governance in 1992. I include the definition here for completeness as we explore the other areas that I...
03 December 2015
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The Definition of Corporate Governance

I’m the guy that has a reputation for getting tingly about governance! My governance tingles have led to me developing a governance framework and diagnostic process, creating a series of accredited training programmes for board members, writing books on the subject and even designing the only ...
03 November 2015
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Governance Pitfalls – The Standard Appraisal Process

Following on from last month’s blog, I want to continue to think about some of the possible pitfalls of typical governance reviews. If you remember in last month’s blog, I used the analogy of a car service to highlight the way in which an effective governance review process should be undertaken ...
01 October 2015
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A Skills Audit is not a Governance Review!

Carrying out a skills audit is not carrying out a governance review, neither is doing a board appraisal to be considered as having done a governance review. Both the skills audit and the board appraisal are key elements of the review but they are not the review. This would be like saying I have had ...
23 August 2015
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The 7 Traits of Highly Effective Board Members

As we delve into the summer months where business tends to slow down and the sun is supposed to shine… we have a real opportunity to place ourselves in a more reflective state. This is a good time to reevaluate our board contributions, past, present and future in order to reflect on how effective ...
31 July 2015
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