Henri Eliot: Should your next board member be a geek? By Henri Eliot 12:00 PM Tuesday Jun 7, 2016 Photo / iStock Current research is challenging the view that boards should resist recruiting too [...]
“Risk management” is often synonymous with “risk prevention.” Lower risk often means lower returns for those invested in the share market or managing a start up. Today’s risk managers often see [...]
Henri Eliot: Do you want to know the skill set of company directors? By Henri Eliot 10:00 AM Friday Mar 25, 2016 If done well, a skills matrix should provide real information for shareholders to [...]
The owner of a growing small business has a great deal on their mind. A board of directors may not necessarily be one of their most pressing issues. It should be. As a business expands and [...]
Over the years, I have personally witnessed some very unproductive board meetings that waste director’s time, management’s time and shareholders’ money. Company director productivity will [...]
Henri Eliot: Do off-site strategy days work and can they be more effective? By Henri Eliot 9:00 AM Tuesday Feb 2, 2016 How do boards know if the strategy off-site has been successful? Photo / [...]
Henri Eliot: What should worry directors in 2016? By Henri Eliot 9:36 AM Tuesday Dec 15, 2015 – Mark Verbiest, chairman Spark, chairman of Transpower, a director of ANZ Bank New Zealand and [...]
Rob Campbell talks to Henri Eliot following his speech on December 1 entitled “Ban Governance as an Idea”. Campbell discusses his top tips about making the most effective contribution as a new [...]
Personality dynamics: making the most of creative tension in the boardroom By HENRI ELIOT, 27 Oct 2015 A board whose directors are constantly bickering will not function effectively, but neither [...]
Henri Eliot: Avoiding family feuds in the boardroom By Henri Eliot 9:30 AM Thursday Oct 22, 2015 Many business founders feel they are a family with a business rather than a business owned by a [...]
