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Confronting bullying on boards: how to get your colleagues to back you

According to a recent Sunday Telegraph report, The Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (RCSE) says there is an “endemic culture of...

7 small changes to achieve better Board Effectiveness, Conduct and Leadership

These are the seven steps I use to facilitate better board effectiveness, conduct and leadership on main and operating boards, executive...

Fear culture: why every director should read ‘The Fear Culture’ chapter in Shredded

If your organisation uses any form of a “rank and yank” performance management system you should read ‘The fear culture’ chapter in Ian...

How Leadership 101 could win the next election for the Lib Dems

It is the party conference season and the political weather is dominated by fog. Political fog swirls as both main parties offer...

Leadership: why directors should not imitate Mr Mourhino and Mr Ferguson

Jose Mourhino is the current manager at Manchester United Football Club and Alex Ferguson is a former manager of the same club. Both are...

Business or personal strategy: which dominates your board?

What is it with our obsession with strategy? We are respectful of words like profit and loss but somehow treat strategy differently....

Board relationships: what if everyone on your board stopped lying?

Members of operating boards are constantly lying. Not about the business or dodgy behaviour, tho’ they sometimes do, but mostly they lie...