by Peter Tulau | Apr 20, 2020 | Insights, Peter Tulau
I recently completed a successful Chief Information and Digital Officer search assignment and was struck by the capabilities that distinguished the best from the rest. All of the shortlisted candidates had these capabilities in common to a greater or lesser degree.... 
by Julie Garland-McLellan | Apr 20, 2020 | Insights, Julie Garland-McLellan
Boards are on notice; technology is challenging everything. Technology governance is not just about managing risks; if you think it is, you have already failed. Technology governance is strategic and direction-setting as well as prudent and value-protecting. Whether... 
by Richard Sterling | Apr 20, 2020 | Insights, Richard Stirling
I can’t help but feel sympathy for a CEO. There are so many competing functions within an organisation all shouting out for bigger budgets, demanding priority, and constantly niggling away to have their reporting line direct to the CEO. From many conversations with... 
by Richard Sterling | Apr 20, 2020 | Insights, Richard Stirling
Before I formally introduce the new power couple let me share with some of my observations about them. As things are these days this couple does not escape attention. They are followed relentlessly on social media and reported in conventional media. They are not... 
by Richard Fortune | Nov 19, 2019 | Insights, Resources, Richard Fortune
The term ‘war for talent’ was first coined by McKinsey in 1997 to highlight the truism that good people are the foundation of business success (Michaels, Handfield-Jones and Axelrod, 2001). The phrase inspired a generation of mercenary recruiters. Armed solely with a... 
by Richard Sterling | Nov 18, 2019 | Insights, Richard Stirling
Reading this article as a Chair or as a Board member you might start having images from apocalyptic movies flash through your mind and if you are a CEO reading this then take heart, tomorrow will be better. CEO failure! It may be self-inflicted by stupidity,...