March 30, 2020
Boards have always considered CEO succession one of their prime responsibilities—and it is...
March 13, 2020
Businesses leaders are often sure about what they need; sometimes they are right. The best leaders have ways to check themselves and especially, their assumptions. They know that ignoring risks, even those that are vague, seem small or unlikely to cause harm, can be deadly.
March 4, 2020
We live near the Canadian Rockies, so we have several friends who are very good alpine skiers. Recently I was talking with one of them who has skied since he was a toddler. He recanted two funny stories in which he lost a ski...
February 11, 2020
A Board Mindset™ depends on directors having the values, intellect, self-regulation, drive, and resilience to make or influence major decisions about the direction of the company they serve. Improving board effectiveness is an ongoing process that most boards ignore...
January 28, 2020
Three noted boardroom advisory experts have launched a new firm to help boards of directors achieve excellence in critical aspects of governance that are too often ignored.
January 24, 2020
It is difficult to overstate the importance of selecting the right CEO...
January 16, 2020
The Board Mindset Quotient ™ helps you evaluate your board's mindset in 5 key areas...
January 14, 2020
When I spend time with a board, it’s pretty easy to quickly identify whether that board has a culture of vibrancy or not...
December 30, 2019
How often do we hear the clarion cry, “Where was the board?” We hear this when a company experiences a scandal involving the CEO, an economic crisis, a product recall, or unethical practices...
