IOD Blog Category - Boardroom

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  Board Strategy for Ensuring Agility and Responsible Adaptation

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Feb 02, 2022

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  In addition coping with changing stakeholder requirements and priorities, technological developments, market dynamics, disruptions and crises, contemporary boards face a number of inter-related longer-term challenges. Tactical...

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  Board’s ESG Strategy for Creating a Sustainable Corporate Future

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Jan 01, 2022

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  The negative impacts of human activities upon the environment and their social consequences have reached such levels that there is a scientific consensus that certain consequences need to be addressed by collective action at...

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  Combating Climate Change: Opportunities for Directors and Boards

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Nov 09, 2021

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  We are at a critical moment in human history. The pre COP 26 UN Climate Change Synthesis Report on Nationally Determined Contributions to achieving Paris Agreement targets suggested these will not be sufficient to contain...

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  Board Leadership for Environment Management and Climate Change

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Aug 06, 2021

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  Human existence, welfare and social progress depend upon the Earth’s environment and our interaction with it. Yet corporate activities are polluting this environment, degrading bio-systems, reducing biodiversity...

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  Independent Non-Executive Directors: Assessing Candidates and Opportunities

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Jul 05, 2021

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  What should one consider when assessing candidates for a board appointment or when contemplating an initial or further directorship? What questions should nomination committees and potential appointees ask? What areas should they...

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  Strategic Risks, Existential Challenges and the Boardroom

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  May 05, 2021

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  Many corporate boards face multiple inter-related and shared challenges that are strategic in their consequences and implications. Some like the Covid-19 pandemic are front of stage, while others such as anti-microbial resistance...

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  Strategic Foresight in the Boardroom

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Apr 06, 2021

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  Becoming a company director today involves the assumption of onerous responsibilities at a time of uncertainty and multiple challenges. Directors and boards can sometimes be subject to forces beyond their control. Those whose...

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  Reviewing and Rethinking Board and Corporate Leadership

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Feb 05, 2021

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  Leadership is required and can be developed and provided in a variety of situations and circumstances. Community, corporate and team leadership and business, social, political, scientific, intellectual, moral, thought and other...

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  Board Leadership of Adaptation and Transition

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Sep 05, 2020

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  Building a business and sustaining success have always been a challenge. They often require continual vigilance and periodic reinvention. Complacency in the boardroom can lead to stagnation, decline and liquidation. Directors...

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  Implications of COVID-19 for Directors and Boards

  By- Institute of Directors | Authored by- Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

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  Aug 05, 2020

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  The uncertainties concerning the future of the COVID-19 virus, the form and duration of Government responses, differing paths out of lockdowns and the nature of any ‘new normal’ that might emerge have multiple...

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