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    Is it time to accelerate your company's success?

    Decision Making Governance Management Performance Speaking Engagements Strategy
    If any of these questions triggered a thought in your mind, then perhaps we should talk. I will be in the UK in 1–11 September (for speaking engagements including the results of my latest research). If you would like to learn more about board practice, corporate governance, strategy and value creation, please get in touch so we can schedule a discussion. I'd be glad to learn about your business and understand how I can help. 
    • Are you eager to realise the potential of your UK-based business?
    • Do you have a robust strategy in place to drive the future success of your business?
    • How is your board of directors performing? 
    • Would you like to see more value from your board?
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    Telling the emergent #corpgov story

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    About three and a half years ago, I had the privilege of listening to a leading thinker speak about some of the problems with boards, board practice and the phenomenon of corporate governance. The comments were as contentious as they were disarming: we don't know nearly as much as we would like to think we do. Further, many of the widely discussed measures (women on boards, board size, an independent chair) provide little if any guarantee of increased business performance.
    My initial reaction was to dismiss the comments. They stood apart from the prevailing opinions of many practitioners and consultants. However, there was something compelling about the the way the story was told. Something made sense, so I dug deeper. Pretty soon, I found myself on the quest that became my doctoral journey, to try to work out how boards can influence business performance in real terms.
    Jun 3–5

    Jun 11–12
    Jun 17–20
    Week 1 Sep
    Sep 8
    Sep 9
    Sep 10
    Oct 29–30
    Nov 12–13

    Nov 23–27
    International Corporate Governance Network  annual conference
    (London, England)
    International Governance Workshop (Barcelona, Spain)
    European Academy of Management conference (Warsaw, Poland)
    * available in UK and Western Europe
    Masterclass: Corporate Governance (venue tbd, Ireland)
    Masterclass: Boards and Performance (Dublin, Ireland)
    Guest lecturer: University of Ulster (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
    EIASM conference (Brussels, Belgium)
    European Conference on Management Leadership & Governance
    (Lisbon, Portugal)
    Reserved for Singapore event and meetings
    (The prospect of some meetings in Australia and the US is being discussed as well, but nothing is confirmed yet.)
    That quest continues today. However, the doctorate is nearly complete so the time to package the learnings (there have been many), tell the emergent corporate governance story and discuss implications for boards and businesses has arrived. To this end, I will be travelling internationally in June (as signalled yesterday), September and November as follows:
    If you want to know more about any of these events, or want me to meet your board or executive team, please get in touch.