Why Retired Executives Make Great (and Sometimes Poor) NEDs
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: A retired senior executive can be an outstanding non-executive director — they bring hard-won operating judgment, the scar tissue of having run things through good times and bad, …
The Benefits of Serving as a NED in a Different Sector
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Serving as a non-executive director in a sector different from your own executive background is more valuable than it might first appear — for the board and for …
How to Balance Multiple NED Roles Without Burnout
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Sustaining several non-executive roles well is less about heroic time management than about honest capacity, good systems and firm boundaries. It starts with not taking on more than …
How to Decide if a NED Role Is Right for You
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Deciding whether a non-executive role is right for you is an honest self-assessment, not a career-ladder default. It comes down to five questions about yourself: Why do you …
Why Governance Failures Often Start with Weak NED Oversight
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: When a company fails through poor governance, the fault rarely lies solely with the executives who made the decisions — it lies with the non-executive directors who were …
When a NED Should Walk Away from a Board Appointment
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Sometimes the right decision for a non-executive director is not to take a board seat, or not to stay in one. Before accepting, the warning signs that should …
The Quiet Power of NEDs in Shaping Organisational Culture
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: A non-executive director has no authority over a company’s culture — they do not run the organisation, manage its people or set its day-to-day behaviour. And yet the …
What Is a Strategic Mindset? Definition, Examples, and How to Develop One
The Short Answer Strategic thinking at board level is not the ability to devise a strategy. That is the executive’s job. It is the ability to test one: to work out what a plan assumes, which of those assumptions is most likely to be wrong, …
The Pros and Cons of Hiring Interim NEDs
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The NED Recruitment Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Chairs
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Recruiting a non-executive director is one of the chair’s most consequential responsibilities, and a good process runs through six clear stages: define the need through a board skills …
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