In this podcast Alex Efthymiades, Director and Founder of Consensio, discusses workplace conflict. Alex argues we aren’t taught the skills we need to successfully navigate conflict; therefore, we avoid it because it feels uncomfortable. However, Alex believes conflict can be positive, enabling us to clear the air and become more productive. She says it’s important to create a workplace environment where healthy conflict can flourish. This can be done by establishing psychological safety where everyone feels able to speak up without being punished. This is particularly important in the boardroom, where constructive challenge is needed to avoid groupthink.

Whether you are a member of a company, not for profit or political board, you can have all the laws, regulations and procedures that may be found.

Yorkshire and Humber past events

Welcome to The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland, East Midlands branch. We provide support to the Institute's members and students in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

This course is to transform professionals who have suddenly found themselves wearing “two hats” into confident, credible and effective Company Secretaries.

Today it seems to be the corporate governance team that has be tagged the 'business prevention team'.

As the world continues to wrestle with the coronavirus pandemic, businesses face having to create, at least in the short-term, their ‘new normal’.

Slavery can affect any business, and companies have responsibility for ensuring their supply chains are not tainted by slavery.

In this podcast Sharon Constançon, CEO of Genius Boards, offers advice for company secretaries and governance professionals on managing the challenges they face in their role, from gaining feedback and stretching themselves to learning tactics to avoid becoming overwhelmed. Sharon advises compartmentalising the noise of the role to gain control of it. She describes how to handle the inevitable left hook and the value of being the trusted expert who absorbs panic rather than creating it. Sharon highlights the power of conversation initiated by the governance professional to fix a broken relationship, as well as discussing how to own up to a mistake and how to avoid being seen as a ‘blocker’.