by Constance | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Leadership
WHY MINDSET IS A VITAL, BUT OFTEN IGNORED, ASPECT OF GOVERNANCE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Do you believe that people can achieve whatever they set their minds to? Do you believe that if you work hard, you will be rewarded? Do you believe that where there is a will,...
by Constance | Dec 26, 2019 | Succession Planning
How Succession Anxiety Fuels Crisis The transition from one chief executive officer to another is a high-stakes situation. In the most difficult situations, the outgoing CEO leaves a trail of damaged relationships, financial statements that are suspect, and a sense of...
by Constance | Dec 6, 2018 | Get on Board
What Terry Gross Knows About Interviewing Nearly every person who conducts interviews for hiring, focuses on the wrong thing. What is that? The questions they will ask. This puts the focus on precisely the wrong person, the interviewer. It often leads to a mechanical...
by Constance | Sep 27, 2018 | Get on Board
Gender Window Dressing Doesn’t Work – For CBS or Anyone Else In the wake of Leslie Moonves’ departure from CBS, the company has added three women to its board. When issues of harassment at Uber came to light, Arianna Huffington was promptly added to the board....
by Constance | Aug 30, 2018 | Leadership
When most people imagine a corporate boardroom, they envision a few things: people over the age of 50; mostly male; focus on finances; insularity. Whether directors are young, older, male, female, industry experts, financial experts or otherwise, good governance...
