These articles are selected from those published in the last decade and have appeared in a variety of publications. They summarise thinking at the date they were published:
'Board succession' discusses the challenges associated with developing plans and the quality of expert support available. While the business and regulatory case for adopting a robust approach to Board succession planning is indisputable, the process needs to recognise the aspirations and motivations of key players.
Download Board Succession Article - April 2012
'A positive direction' explains how you can steer your Board through a successful programme of development and is based on insights shared by a large audience of lawyers and company secretaries attending the ICSA Annual Conference in Autumn 2011:
'Topical Talk' describes three key issues which preoccupy many of the Boards I work with and was published in October 2011:
'A Clearer Focus' describes the role of 'Coaching For Governance' in enabling Board effectiveness and was published in June 2011:
'The Go Between' reflects on the shifting 'Corporate Governance' agenda and the changing role of Company Secretaries in enabling their Boards:
Download Company Secretary January 2011
Over the last decade, Dr Laurence Lyons and I have worked closely with business leaders exploring the need to develop 'Situational Intelligence' in the Boardroom. This Summit Paper describes that work:
Download Lyons-Bateson SIT Summit Paper
This was one of a series of articles dealing with Boardroom behaviour published in 2009:
The issue of Board Effectiveness has gathered steam throughout the past decade and regulatory authorities have tried to predicate good behaviour. This article in 2008 considered how to start the debate in the Boardroom:
'The ADEPT leader' describes features of successful leadership in the c21st and the results of a survey conducted with an audience of business leaders in 2007:
Download The ADEPT Leader - 9 November 2007
Download The ADEPT Leader - seminar summary
Together with Dr Laurence Lyons, we have researched, written and consulted on the emergence of 'Principled Leadership:'
Download Principled_Leadership_November_2006
Effective leaders recognise the need to understand context. This article from Autumn 2005 describes the differences between leading a traditional and an advanced organisation:
