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 really matters and highlight actionable steps you can take to enhance the performance of your board.

Episodes

The First Mandate is the Hardest | Katia Ciesielska, NED

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