Considering a Board Leadership role – Understand the risks and responsibilities as a Non-Executive Director.

Summary: Considering a Board Leadership role should not be taken lightly. Non-Executive Directors face personal liability, so understanding the risk and responsibilities for each Board appointment is critical. Corporate Governance requires critical oversight by the...

Stop thinking this December/January

What we do now creates the heritage of the future.

What we do now creates the heritage of the future What heritage are you contributing to, for the future? The concept of Heritage can be both deceptively simple and incredibly complex. It can also be narrowed to the practices, traditions, beliefs in a society but there...

Board culture and the unwritten rules by Joy-Marie Lawrence

The Institute of Directors of South Africa (IODSA) invited me to do a webinar on “ Decoding the Boardroom – Board culture and the unwritten rules” as part of their Boardroom Bytes series, on Wednesday 5 August 2020. Joy-Marie Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of...

Being a Board Director during Covid-19

Being a Board Director during Covid-19 Directors spend a significant amount of their time in boardrooms and need the requisite intellectual curiosity, self-awareness, and competencies to achieve their organisation’s strategy.  Today’s boardroom is already dealing with...

Evoke Awareness

Evoke Awareness – A Poem The visceral “fight or flight” feelings evoked by seeing street protests, remind me also of the feelings I experienced, when I first started coaching. That sense, that I am being judged because I am seen as an “Other”, a woman coach, a...