Strategy is not like fashion. You do not have to look like everybody else. Avoid recipe-based approaches.
Insights from our Managing Director, Jean Pousson, as Boards navigate through a potentially perilous 2023. No sooner have we recovered from the aftershocks of the terrible pandemic with supply chain and labour disruptions, that we now face high(er) inflation, high(er)...Is that business making money?
Please don’t ever ask that question, suggests Jean Pousson, our Managing Director, as he looks at typical finance Board conversations, that are too ambiguous, or simply incorrect. The above question is one that I hear often. Although genuine in intent, the question...Hope is not Strategy
Our Managing Director, Jean Pousson, offers some insights to Directors in the current chaotic business climate. Uncertainty has always been a property of business. But events of the last 18 months or so would have flatfooted even the smartest economic soothsayers. No...Making your Board a Strategic Asset
Our Managing Director, Jean Pousson, looks at the benefits of conducting regular Board Effectiveness Reviews. Teams are as old as civilisation itself. Even Jesus had 12 Apostles and one of them turned. (Maybe that Board was already too big?) Joking aside, Board...You need to know your numbers, to understand your numbers, to manage your numbers.
Jean Pousson reflects on over 30 years of lecturing on finance and finance-related subjects, in over 30 countries to an estimated 17,000 course delegates. Over the festive period, I did a rough estimate of how many delegates I have had the pleasure of training on...We all expected a pandemic or a recession but not this one!
Jean Pousson, our Managing Director, reflects on a pandemic-influenced year and provides some insights for Directors for 2022.
The Right Questions to Ask
Very privileged to be asked to contribute to two publications in the company of very respected subject matter experts. Effective Directors: The Right Questions to ask Corporate Governance 3.0: An international perspective on modern governance and three levels of...What makes a great Director? Do they exist?
Jean Pousson, our Managing Director, looks at the attributes of being a great Director and also examines why so many fail to live up to their responsibilities.
You need to understand your numbers, to know your numbers, to manage your numbers…
Jean Pousson, our Managing Director, looks at Boards’ financial (il)literacy in the light of the UK Government’s proposal to make Directors more personally responsible about their financial understanding of the businesses on whose Boards they serve.