Strategy Conception vs. Execution: Gaining True Competitive Advantage
The concept of “business strategy” has different meanings for businesses of different sizes. To a publicly listed corporate business, strategy means days – perhaps even weeks – of discussion and refinement, focus groups, and motivational slogans. To a start-up business, it could be aspirational, given that everyone is doing everything that they can to survive […]
ESG and Sustainability in 2024 for 2025
If there is one major risk on a list that will continue to occupy the minds of directors and senior management in organisations on a global basis for 2024, it has to the likelihood and impact of sustainability (including the challenges of possible or actual climate change) and related Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concerns […]
How a Company Secretary can add Value in the Boardroom
The role of a company secretary has evolved from that of being merely an administrative role to ensuring increased focus on good corporate governance practices in organisations. This additional importance of the role has been greeted with legislative reforms across a number of countries. In Ghana, for example, eligibility requirements have been introduced for company […]
Three New Legislative and Regulatory Considerations for 2022
There are a number of anticipated key aspects that every board needs to explore for the year ahead. It is helpful to start by thinking of categories of trends, and then to extrapolate the details from there. One of these categories has to be pending board legislation and board regulation. While the specifics may vary […]
SURVEY | Board performance, fees and diversity for family businesses
Find out more about the state of boardrooms across Africa in this, our third such survey.
Mobilising Your Organisational Culture
While smaller companies are particularly vulnerable to risks that can result in business disaster, mobilising organisational culture can lead to rapid growth and sustained profitability.
Delinquency and its remedy
Breaking news over the past week has been the finding that Dudu Myeni, former Chairwoman of South African Airways has been declared delinquent for life. What exactly does this mean and what are the remedies for delinquency? We must start with what the term delinquency means, and why we, as directors, should pay attention to […]
