Ciaran Fenton Oct 30, 20173 minConfronting 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 bul...
Ciaran Fenton Oct 30, 20173 min7 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 ...
Ciaran Fenton Oct 10, 20172 minFear culture: why every director should read ‘The Fear Culture’ chapter in ShreddedIf your organisation uses any form of a “rank and yank” performance management system you should read ‘The fear culture’ chapter in Ian F...
Ciaran Fenton Oct 3, 20173 minHow Leadership 101 could win the next election for the Lib DemsIt is the party conference season and the political weather is dominated by fog. Political fog swirls as both main parties offer differen...
Ciaran Fenton Oct 3, 20173 minLeadership: why directors should not imitate Mr Mourhino and Mr FergusonJose Mourhino is the current manager at Manchester United Football Club and Alex Ferguson is a former manager of the same club. Both are ...
Ciaran Fenton Oct 3, 20174 minBusiness 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. Aft...
Ciaran Fenton Oct 3, 20173 minBoard 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 ...