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Existential Paradox

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ESG and purpose

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Mr Hyde and Mr Seek

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Bond of Trust

Institute of Directors New Zealand

Conflict in the boardroom

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Fountain of Youth

Business Leader

Six dysfunctions everyone should understand

The Why Podcast

Why is our board so dysfunctional?

LBS Book Club

LBS Book Club

Politics Home

Grassroots Football Wants New Independent Regulator Plan To Go Further

Net Zero Investor

Private equity guru: Big Four-led ESG reporting is ‘downright dangerous’

ESG Insight

Opinion: Big Four-Led ESG Reporting Is Outright Dangerous And ‘An Accident Waiting To Happen

Environment Times

Blame The Boardroom Non-Exec’s For Water Industry Pollution & Poor Investment, Says Author

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Vox Pop

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Warp Factor

The London Free Press

Champagne, Beraskow: Hockey Canada’s board failed to play its position

Sarah Wadington

Waddington’s Independent Director Checklist

London Business School

Disaster in the boardroom: 6 ways a board can fail

Financial Times

Improving board effectiveness

Board Agenda

The heavy cost of boardroom disasters

Forbes

The Importance Of Strong Boards—Reflections On A Leading Industry Player

workingmums

Why boardroom diversity matters

The Bookbag

The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry Brown and Randall S Peterson about Disaster in the Boardroom: Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand

Governance

Feature: Disaster in the boardroom

The Bookbag

The Bookbag Review: Disaster in the Boardroom

Governance

You get what you pay for

Portfolio Advisor

Index funds brace for greater scrutiny as US regulator shakes up proxy voting rules

Business Money

FCA response to Hill Report likely to make scrutiny of & holding CEOs to account harder in the UK

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theHRDirector review: The Independent Director

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Twelve Angry Men

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A World of Difference

Governance

A critique of the White Paper

Financial Times

Solutions 30: from Romania to Mauritius, with love

Business & Management Magazine

Well-being benefits of CSR

Critical Eye

Walking the Tightrope of Executive Pay

The Iod Centre for Corporate Governance

Board Effectiveness in Stakeholder Governance Working Group

workingmums

How to make a difference as an independent director

The Book Bag

The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry Brown, Andrew Kakabadse and Filipe Morais about The Independent Director in Society

Financial Times

Making a Difference in the Financial Times Business School briefing

The Bookbag

The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry Brown About Making a Difference: Leadership, Change and Giving Back the Independent Director Way

Henley Business School

Henley’s research into the coming governance crisis in multiple UK sectors

The Bookbag

The Bookbag review: Making a Difference

The Bookbag

The Bookbag review: The Independent Director in Society

University Business

University councils ‘in denial about the problems they face’

Governance

Governance across the board

City A.M.

Sport’s governance problem: Scandal beckons without more professionalism and transparency

City A.M.

Get ahead with a NED? How non-executive directors have evolved

Health Service Journal

Chairs have high moral values but struggle with disruptive directors, claims landmark study

RTC Leadership & Coaching

The Increasing Importance of Non-Executive Directors

NatWest Business Hub

Good leadership

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Mind… the abrupt dislocation

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Investor activism and its influence on corporate governance

Governance

Shareholder ‘activism’

Business & Management magazine

Book Ends

Business Leader

Where is it all going wrong for Elon Musk?

Business & Management

An in depth look at the public’s fascination with highly paid executives

Credit Control Journal

Book review by Credit Control Journal and Asset & Risk Review

Credit Control

Another company falls short in governance and leadership

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Brexit logistics

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A Fiscal Wonga

Giving Matters

Governing Governance

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Mike Ashley could be right…!!!

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Cognitive dissonance is impacting civil servant pay

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Special mention for The Independent Director in the The HR Director’s book review

DiversityQ

Diversity and inclusion in the civil service

Yorkshire Post

Gerry Brown: Poor managers at the heart of Government sink the ship of state

London School of Economics

How the WPP board bungled Martin Sorrell’s departure

London School of Economics

Facebook’s light approach to corporate governance

Foodservice Consultants Society International

KFC and the Supply Chain Fail

Accounting Web

The Financial Reporting Council on the proposed changes to the corporate governance code

The Times

Be careful what you wish for if it is truly open debate in the boardroom

FS Focus

They said it… the business menagerie

ICSA

A change of focus

Eastern Daily Press

Bear, rhino, hedgehog or monkey – which business beast are you?

Business & Management

Individual style, team mentality

Critical Eye

Walking the tightrope of executive pay

Gerry’s life in books

Credit Control

Rave reviews in the Credit Control and Asset & Risk Management

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An exclusive peak at The Independent Director

FS Focus

The Big Idea on being an Independent Director

Governance

Improving the framework of UK CG

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Avoiding company scandals

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Post-Brexit UK will be the “global leader in free trade”

David Marx Books Reviews

David Marx reviews The Independent Director

The Yorkshire Post

Here’s how Theresa May can get tough with big business

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Theresa May should take these actions to get Britain back to better business

Yorkshire Post

Finding a truly independent director

Growth Business

Sports Direct’s draconian work practices reveal the need for NED

Working Mums

Independent director positions: a good route to the boardroom for women?

Credit Control Journal

Review: The Independent Director

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To The Point

Independent Intelligence

What does being an Independent Director on the board of a company involve in today’s business world?

Director Magazine

5 ways to get the most out of a non-executive director

Financial Times

Nominated for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year

University of Exeter

New book states nodding dogs need not apply

Critical Eye

No Room for Passengers

The Irish Times

The Irish Times: Risk, ethics and whistleblowing in business

Business Matters

Book Shelf: The Independent Director by Gerry Brown

HR Grapevine

Could independent directors have saved football from FIFA?

Investment Week

Gosling’s Grouse: Under the influence