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Justin
Jul 3, 2023
Truly insightful tips for anyone who wants to raise their business game, especially from a boardroom slant.
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Enter the Boardroom is the podcast of the Enter the Boardroom Community.
Each week, Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings sits down with leading Chairs, board members, CEOs and academics, drawing out the insights and hard-won lessons that rarely get shared in public.
If you enjoy the podcast, the Community goes much deeper. You'll sharpen your board proposition, build a network of serious peers, stay current on the issues reshaping boardrooms, and access opportunities you won't find anywhere else.
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174. Sir John Kingman: Why boards need more misfits - lessons from the financial crisis
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May 20, 2026 |
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173. Andy Higginson: Laura Ashley's near collapse, Tesco's legendary strategy and turning round Morrisons
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May 06, 2026 |
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172. Danuta Gray: What nobody tells you about the Chair-CEO relationship (2/2)
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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171. Danuta Gray: The hardest decisions a Chair has to make (1/2)
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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170. Julian Metcalfe OBE: founder of Pret and Itsu - why most boards fail founders
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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169. Laura Hagan: What boards get wrong about people: founders, talent and pay
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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168. Peter Norris: Leading through crisis: Barings Bank and Virgin Atlantic's Covid fight for survival
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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167. Claire Bassett: What you need to know before joining a public sector board
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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166. Simon Calver: From LoveFilm to Mothercare: The board behaviours that make and break companies
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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165. Rachel Carrell: What founders need from their boards
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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164. Adam Warby: Authority in the boardroom: how it's earned, lost and rebuilt
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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163. Sim Scavazza: Do no harm: cost cutting and mergers - inside NHS boards
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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162. Neil Johnson OBE: From battlefield to boardroom: chairing lessons on people, power and responsibility
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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161. Maria Molland: Balancing stability with scaling: Boardroom lessons from Thinx’s exit to Kimberly-Clark
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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160. Lubomila Jordanova: What founders don’t say out loud in the boardroom: vulnerability, partnerships and key connections
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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159: Sir Ian Cheshire: How to be a high-impact board member (2/2)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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158: Sir Ian Cheshire: How to get the most value from your board as a CEO (1/2)
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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157. Professor Malcolm Press CBE: University boards - lessons from the Vice Chancellor of Manchester Met and President of Universities UK
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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156. David Sproul: How boards help CEOs create sustainable growth - lessons from Deloitte & Starling Bank
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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155. Amanda Mackenzie OBE: From Advertising Executive to FTSE 100 NED: How Amanda Built a Purpose-Led Portfolio Career
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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154. Sir James Wates CBE: How to be a good board chair - family businesses & the RFU
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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153. Phil Walker CBE: University boards: lessons in stakeholder management, ethical decision-making and data points
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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152. Rupert Soames OBE: How to be a good listed company chair
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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151. Natasha Frangos: How to sustain culture whilst growing rapidly - boardroom lessons from HaysMac
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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150. Sir Douglas Flint CBE: Chairing listed companies - lessons from the BP Macondo crisis, HSBC and the abrdn rebrand
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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149. Mark Winlow: Bank & Insurance Boards - lessons from the boards of Aon and Starling Bank
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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148. Professor Doyin Atewologun: Should boards ditch DEI?
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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147. Tessa Clarke: Sticking, quitting & the ideal NED: The board’s role in Olio’s success
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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146. Dame Marie Gabriel CBE: structuring board meetings, dancing in the boardroom, and taking risks - lessons from an NHS Chair
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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145. Thomas Thune Andersen: Impacting culture, managing IPOs and embracing the climate revolution - Boardroom Lessons from the former/Chair of Ørsted and Lloyd’s Register Group
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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144. Professor Alison Taylor: Should boards speak up or shut up?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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143. Charles McManus: Quick growth in heavy regulation — the board’s role in ClearBank’s success
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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142. David Dein MBE, Premier League co-founder: The heart of the deal: lessons from vice-chairing Arsenal FC
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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141. Louise Hill, GoHenry Founder: Product Market Fit, Scaling and Exit - the board’s role in the GoHenry story
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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140. Professor Randall Peterson: How to influence people in the boardroom
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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139. Fiona Hathorn: How and why to get board roles: mastering applications, transitioning to paid roles and building a plural career
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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138. Steve Rigby: Risk & acquisitions - the growth story of the Rigby family business from £0 to £4bn annual revenues
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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137. Baroness Dido Harding: NHS Test & Trace & the TalkTalk Cyber Attack — Board Leadership in the Public Eye
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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136. Jock Lennox: How to be a listed Chair and get the most from audit committees
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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135. Dr. Margaret Heffernan (2/2): How boards make the best decisions: agendas, wilful blindness and super chickens
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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134. Dr. Margaret Heffernan (1/2): How boards make the best decisions: cooling-off periods, embracing uncertainty and deep hanging out
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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133. Peter Clark: 200 years’ growth - inside the Clarks’ family business
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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132. Carl-Peter Forster: Forget Governance. Great Boards Focus on Strategy, People, and Execution.
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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131. Laurence Garrett: Featurespace - the board’s role in growth, pricing, US expansion and sale to Visa
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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130. Ian Phillips: How to be a great GoaT (Governor or a Trustee)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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129. Karen Blackett CBE: The board’s role in transformation
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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128. Yvonne Bajela: Founder breakups, deciphering moats, and the new role of governance
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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127. Rita Clifton CBE: What boards get wrong about brand
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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126. Fred Destin: How start-up boards create & destroy value (and whether we should be thinking about value at all)
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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125. Elena Lytkina Botelho: The CEO Next Door: Why Boards Get CEO Succession Wrong—and how to get it right
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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124. Malcolm John: How to get board roles and what boards get wrong about racial diversity
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May 28, 2025 |
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123. Christian Unger: Why experts beat generalists on investor-backed boards
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May 21, 2025 |
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122. Dorothy Burwell: Communications in the boardroom - exerting non-exec influence and building trust with management teams
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May 14, 2025 |
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121. Lisa Gordon: UK capital markets reforms - how should boards respond?
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May 07, 2025 |
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120. Tim Jackson: Coaching CEOs: how Chairs, NEDs and Investor Directors add most value to their most senior executive
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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119. Jurga Zilinskiene MBE: Building scale-up boards
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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118. Gerry Murphy, Tesco & Burberry Chair - How boards add strategic value
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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117. Cindy Rampersaud: How to excel as a trustee and transition to paid board roles
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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116. Kate Swann: How board members and chairs add most value to CEOs
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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115. Annemarie Durbin: Chairing building societies & why coaching makes you a better chair
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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114. Richard Meddings CBE: Chairing NHS England
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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113. Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: Why do incompetent men become leaders?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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112. Rain Newton-Smith, CBI CEO - How CEOs get most value from their boards
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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111. John Allan CBE: Chairing listed boards: crises and turnarounds
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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110. Pamela Dow - D&I in the boardroom
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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109. Professor Stanislav Shekshnia - How to be a good board Chair
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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108. Angela Seymour-Jackson - horizontal board careers, AI and CEO succession
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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107. Nadhim Zahawi, former Chancellor of the Exchequer - How government and business should leverage non-exec expertise
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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106. Tamara Box - Advisory & professional services boards
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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105. Eamon Devlin - Board meetings as half-time team talks: boardroom lessons from elite sport
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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104. Nuala Walsh - Key biases board members need to know to increase influence and reduce decision risk
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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103. Gerry Brown - Disaster in the boardroom: 6 board dysfunctions you need on your risk register
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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102. Dr. Douglas Gurr, ex Amazon China President - How boards add most value to CEOs: forecasting, challenge, ways of working, the environment and AI
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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101. Christmas Bonus: Dr. Ali Parsa - The rise and fall of Babylon Health
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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100. Professor Amy C. Edmondson - Psychological safety: how boards have the best conversations to make the best decisions
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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99. Sara Weller CBE - Building a plural career across the private and public sectors, representing customers and disability in the boardroom
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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98. Jenny Knott - Compensation, breaking into new sectors and adding value as a board member
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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97. Professor Renée Adams - 6 myths about female board members
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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96. Edwina Dunn OBE - how the board added value to dunnhumby, the company behind Tesco’s clubcard
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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95. Nick Jenkins - How NEDs add value to high-growth businesses: the board’s role in Moonpig’s success
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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94. Dame Alison Carnwath - Breaking into new sectors, setting remuneration and managing crises in the boardroom
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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93. Joy Harcup & Dame Una O’Brien - The art & psychology of board relationships
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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92. Professor Lynda Gratton - How boards can help redesign work
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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91. Lord Mervyn Davies - Navigating crises in the boardroom
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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90. Vicky Gosling OBE - Sport Boards
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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89. Mary Ann Sieghart - How women are taken less seriously than men, and what boards can do about it
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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88. Cedi Frederick - Building a board portfolio: housing association & NHS trust boards
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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87. Isabel Fernandez-Mateo - Rejections & professional relationships in the boardroom
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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86. Dan Gardner (part two) - how boards get big things done
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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85. Dan Gardner (part one) - superforecasting and fat tail risks
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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84. Sir Nigel Rudd - A Chairman’s Tale
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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83. Lucy Walker - Chairing investment trusts & building a non-exec portfolio
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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82. Suranga Chandratillake - Startup boards and investor directors
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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81. Rebecca Robins - Next Generation Boards
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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80. Evan Epstein - Governance disasters: cautionary tales from Silicon Valley’s boards
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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79. Priya Guha MBE - Board opportunities: a comparison of listed, government, start-up, charity and advisory board roles
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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78. Jim Strang, HgCapital Trust Chair - Investment Trust Boards: managers, risk, valuations & discounts
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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77. Dr Geoff Smart, ghSMART Founder - How to hire board members and CEOs
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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76. Paul Pester - Hard & soft impact: economics, culture and detail in the boardroom
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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75. Shuo Chen - Boards and the future: going plural, encouraging innovation, adding value to entrepreneurs, and preparing for the future of work
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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74. Dominic Joseph - Boards for founders: how boards add the most value to high-growth companies
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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73. Anne de Kerckhove - Technology boards: growth, nominations, the role of the SID and getting board roles
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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72. Lord Charles Allen - The Chair-CEO dynamic: the most important relationship in the boardroom
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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71. John Maltby - Chairing: getting the role, performing, and hiring your successor
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May 31, 2024 |
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70. Dawn Marriott - Chairing high-growth companies: getting the best from CEOs, investor-directors and NEDs
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May 22, 2024 |
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69. Alexander Denny, AIC Committee Chair - Investment trust boards: managing managers, defining moats, addressing discounts, and building a plural career
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May 15, 2024 |
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68. Baroness Helena Morrissey - Taking a stand: how board members can challenge successfully
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May 08, 2024 |
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67. Alex Edmans - Lies in the boardroom: the stories, studies and statistics that mislead boards
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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66. Sir Richard Dearlove, former Mi6 Chief - Intelligence: managing information, experts and the court of public opinion in the boardroom
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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65. Stuart Roden - Investors in the boardroom: getting the right CEO, capital allocation, and adding value as former investors
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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64. Baroness Dambisa Moyo - Boardroom surprises: black swans, dual-track strategising and marketing yourself as an unconventional board member
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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63. Roger Martin - Board failure (2/2): the board’s role in assessing and communicating strategy and hiring strategically-minded non-execs
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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62. Roger Martin - Board failure (1/2): why boards are worst when they need to be best, where they still add value, and the lost art of strategy
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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61. Cathy Turner - Building a plural board career: how to network effectively, develop expertise spikes, overcome uncertainty and position yourself as a candidate
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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60. Dr Sabine Dembkowski - Board reviews: how to make board effectiveness reviews effective
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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59. Anand Aithal, Cabinet Office Lead Non-Exec - Building a board portfolio: listed, government and charity boards
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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58. Andrew Tyler, portfolio PE Chair - Becoming the Chair (III): getting the role, developing through self-assessment and operating in complex stakeholder environments
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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57. Jennifer Sundberg - Collective intelligence: the remits, thinking and communication styles that define the most valuable boards
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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56. Sir Nicholas Coleridge CBE DL- Managing change: how boards can steer institutions through ups and downs
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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55. Wais Shaifta - CEOs: how the best boards and advisors add value to their most senior executive
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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54. Ann Francke OBE - Management: how boards can quantify the value of better leadership, work with mercurial CEOs and balance managerial and technical competence
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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53. Hamilton Helmer - Strategy: how boards can use the “7 Powers” to sustain performance in the face of competition
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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52. Sarah Flannigan - Trustee to NED to Chair: creating a board profile, transitioning to paid roles and building a value-driven portfolio career as a NED and Chair
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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51. Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen Asset Management Co-Founder - Support (& challenge): how the best boards embrace mistakes, look to the future, and support fund managers and CEOs
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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50. Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Control, service and strategy: why boards are more important than ever, and how they need to change to add value
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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49. Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia - From seed to public: the board’s role in two entrepreneurial success stories
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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48. Matthew Newcombe-Ellis Becoming a Chair (II): assessing the role, working with passion, structuring meetings and fundraising
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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47. Roger Parry - Becoming the Chair (I): preparing for the role, managing stakeholders, developing strategy and hiring the right NEDs
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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46. Dr Shefaly Yogendra - Decision-making: how boards make good decisions (and avoid bad ones)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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45. Shellye Archambeau, Fortune 500 Committee Chair - Building a board portfolio: how to get board roles, develop non-exec skills, construct a portfolio and manage impostor syndrome
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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44. Daniel Kasmir - People & talent: the role of Remcos, and how board members can help measure and engage employees in a digital age
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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43. Clarissa Farr, former St Paul's Girl's High Mistress - High-performance: the key characteristics of highly successful boards
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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42. Marta Krupinska - Founders: how boards can help them, and how they can help boards
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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41. Rory Campbell - Difficult conversations: how, why and where boards should have them
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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40. Jane Routledge - Getting board roles: when to make the non-exec leap, how to position yourself as a candidate, and your first 90 days
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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39. Mads Jensen - Startup boards: finding the right non-execs, sticking to strategy, building trust with founders and working with AI
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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38. Sam Smith - Growth-mindsets: how boards and culture help companies scale
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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37. John Fallon, Former Pearson CEO - Digital transformation: navigating adversity and disruption
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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36. Peju Adebajo - Inclusion: embracing diversity, finding your voice and adding value to CEOs
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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35. Dimitri Chichlo - Cybersecurity: lessons from the War in Ukraine
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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34. Mark Roberge - Scaling: the science of growth
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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33. Mike Reid, Frog Capital Founder - Scaling success: how high-value chairs help scale-ups grow
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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32. Jen Baxter - Career building and metrics for success on education boards
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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31. Navid Nazemian PCC - Mastering CEO and board transitions
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May 31, 2023 |
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30. Malcolm Groat, AIM Chair - Chairing high-risk, high-growth boards
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May 23, 2023 |
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29. Nina Spencer - How to measure, practice and capitalise on ESG
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May 11, 2023 |
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28. Jeremy Asher - Good Governance on a Shoestring
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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27. Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, Genius Foods Founder - How board composition impacts value at the different stages of high-growth businesses
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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26. Gillian Wilmot - The qualities needed to chair listed, investor-backed and public sector boards
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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25. Nicolina Andall - How I Began My Boardroom Journey
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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24. Julius Weinberg, former Ofsted Chair - Lessons from a Career Building Education Boards
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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23. Jane Ide - Learning to Run Effective Trustee Boards
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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22. Janhavi Dadarkar - Governance is the Backbone of Performance
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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21. Bushra Ahmed - Why Charity Board Compositions Will Need to Evolve
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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20. Hema Patel - How Boards Accelerate Early-Stage Startups
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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19. Owen Eastwood - Belonging, Togetherness and Performance Beyond the Boardroom
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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18. Susannah Nicklin - Investing Time and Assessing Risk on Financial Services Boards
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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17. Anne-Marie Headley - How Boards Benefit from Non-Traditional Experts
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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16. Mary Curnock Cook CBE - Chairing Outcome-Focused Education Boards
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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15. Sir Donald Brydon CBE - How Seasoned Chairs Build Situational Boards
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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14. Richard Nourse - The Future of Renewable Energy in the Boardroom
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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13. David Sole - Forging Bonds Between Boards and CEOs
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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12. Patrick Dunne - Building Self-Aware, Purpose-Driven Boards to Reflect Stakeholder Perspectives
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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11. Lynne Weedall - Using Employee-Oriented Board Strategy to Drive Sustainable Growth
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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10. Sameer Rahman - How Boardroom Data Specialists Bring Transformational Change
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May 31, 2022 |
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9. Terri Duhon - Breaking Through Imposter Syndrome and into the Boardroom
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May 24, 2022 |
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8. Joanne Hindle - How Chairs Influence Board Dynamics
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May 17, 2022 |
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7. Vikas Shah - How Frameworks Create High Impact Boards
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May 09, 2022 |
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6. Neil Thompson - Evolving Board Dynamics in Growing Companies
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May 03, 2022 |
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5. Graham Hobson - How Entrepreneurs Become Board Leaders
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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4. Eric Collins - Board Leadership as an Investor Director
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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3. Meinhard Schmidt - How Hands-On Chairs Scale Start-Ups
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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2. Margaret O’Connor - Fine-Tuning Boards for Better Impact
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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1. Lucy Armstrong - Redefining Your Board Career
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Feb 22, 2022 |