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Corporate Failure

Lessons from collapse, crisis and recovery.

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Board Effectiveness

Building high-performing boards that challenge, support and add value.

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Corporate Governance

Practical governance beyond compliance.

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Risk Management

Identifying and managing strategic risks.

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Economics

Economic trends and their impact on business.

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Leadership

What effective leaders do differently.

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The popular image of a pilot is of a dashing hero, who pulls off amazing feats of skill to save his aircraft from imminent disaster.
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The basic model of commercial aviation is a thin tube of highly pressurised metal being propelled at 600 miles per hour by inflammable fuel at
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What drives corporate governance regulation? Is it media focus, political pressure, or a need to ’do something’? Or is it sound analysis leading to thoughtful prescriptions?
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You’ve done your due diligence, you’re happy with the company and you’ve received a Letter of Appointment to become an NED. After a modest (it
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I gave a nervous laugh. The headhunter had just suggested that I could start my non-executive career by joining Northern Rock. Why would I want
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I’ve sat through many NED interviews, on both sides of the table, learning a lot about how they work and how to conduct them. I
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Induction Programme You should have some form of induction programme. However, rather than leave it to the Company Secretary, it will be a better and more
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Famously, in 2008, the Queen asked economists why no-one saw the great financial crisis coming, not least as they were giving her a full retrospective
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