Should board behaviour evaluations under FRC/QCA/Wates codes and principles be substantially oral, not written?
In an ideal world, boards should focus on fixing the matters arising from their board evaluations. They don’t because the purpose of board evaluations of many boards, despite pleas by regulators, is t...
12 Okt 20205min
Lessons CEOs could learn from my mother, aged 90 today
My Mum is 90 today. She was born on 22nd September 1930. The Irish Times that day reported widespread gales, a tramcar accident in Dublin and the activities of a man called Hitler. Mum was nine at the...
22 Sep 20207min
“UK Plc” needs a facilitated virtual off-site, fast: my fantasy pitch
Imagine if the UK were a Plc and the Prime Minister its Group CEO then I would, this week, be pitching to him my facilitated virtual off-site program, which I piloted successfully during lockdown with...
8 Sep 20207min
Back to work: how to lead scared, tired and remote teams by ditching human capital principles
Last week a client told me that people desperately need support returning to work. They usually use the summer to refresh, she said, but were instead preparing kids for school/university which will be...
31 Aug 20208min
The pandemic: will it make you, break you or set you free?
How are things? Are you having a good pandemic, "actually"? Was lockdown "great, in a way"? Did you get in touch with your inner sourdough, learn your kids' names and zoom "back-to-back"? Is your busi...
21 Aug 20208min
John Hume: the ultimate "change manager"
The many tributes to John Hume's life in all media over the last week all confirm that he achieved what many CEOs talk about in terms of toe-curling tautology but rarely deliver: "transformational cha...
10 Aug 20207min
Why "COVID-19 CEOs” should act on Paul Gilbert’s blog of yesterday, today
Yesterday, Paul Gilbert, CEO LBCWisecounsel, UK’s doyen of commentary and advice to and on in-house lawyers wrote an important blog which, I suspect will have been read by many lawyers but not so many...
20 Juli 20208min
What CEOs can learn from Sir Keir Starmer's first 100 days, and vice versa
Sir Keir Starmer recently completed his first hundred days as Leader of the Opposition in the UK's Parliament. Commentators have assessed these according to their political bias. But none disagree on ...
13 Juli 20207min
