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Henri Eliot: Is big data a governance issue? By Henri Eliot 12:38 PM Monday Sep 26, 2016 Research has found productivity and operating profit benefits from investing in big data. Photo / Getty [...]

How to assess your strategy in the boardroom. Strategic planning is intended to accomplish three important tasks: to clarify the outcomes that an organisation wishes to achieve; to select the [...]

Henri Eliot: Life lessons from a Wall Street legend By Henri Eliot 9:00 AM Tuesday Aug 9, 2016 Here are some of the life lessons Byron Wien has learned in his first 80 years. Photo / Blackstone [...]

“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 [...]