The Better Boards Podcast Series

Business & Economics Podcasts

The Better Boards podcast series is the podcast for Chairs, CEOs, Non-Executive Directors, Company Secretaries, and their advisors. Every episode is filled with practical insights and learnings from those inside the boardrooms. We tease out what...

Episodes

Beyond Governance: Understanding Human Performance in the Boardroom | Simon Laffin, Chair & NED

The Cold Handshake: Why Boards and Management Do Not Connect on Cyber | Dr Maya Budt, Non-Executive Director and President of Switzerland’s National Cyber Strategy

When Experience Isn't Enough: Governing in a World Without Precedent | Dorothy Burwell, Senior Advisor, FGS Global

The Leadership Blind Spot in the Boardroom | David Grossman, CEO, The Grossman Group

From Family Table to Board Table - Effective Governance in Family-Owned Retail Businesses | Prof Dr Philipp Hoog, Partner, BBE Handelsberatung

Selecting the Chair: Governance Lessons from the US and the UK | Susan Skerritt, Non-Executive Director

Beyond the Obvious: How to get Chair Succession Right | Louise Angle, Senior Managing Director, Teneo

From Awareness to Architecture: How Boards Can Build a Geopolitical Risk System

Boardrooms and Battlegrounds: Closing the Geopolitical Risk Gap

Structure your board portfolio career across different life cycles of organisations | Susanne Chishti, Chair of FINTECH Circle

Capital Discipline in High-Performance Enterprises: Aligning Strategy, Technology and Governance Part II | Marco Mattiacci, Global Top Executive

Capital Discipline in High-Performance Enterprises: Aligning Strategy, Technology and Governance | Marco Mattiacci, Global Top Executive

The Spirit of the Code: Making Comply or Explain Work in Practice | Kelvin Ernest, Senior Policy Associate, Financial Reporting Council

Board evaluation results - Insights from an analysis of FTSE350 annual reports, Frederik Otto, AvS, London

The Route to the Top – How to become a Company Secretary? | Glenn Oborne and Connor Simms, Directors of Ingen Partners

The Board’s Playbook for Modern Technology Oversight

Fact rather than fiction - Corporate Directors and Officers are "Discretionaries" not Fiduciaries | Marc I Steinberg, Radford Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law

Family Businesses and the War for Talent | Andreas von Specht, CEO AvS Advisors

Board Governance Considerations in Private Market Investments

Managing risks in highly regulated industries | Terri Duhon, Chair of Risk Committees