Shadow Boards: A Tool NEDs Should Take Seriously
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: A shadow board — sometimes called a next-generation or junior board — is a group of younger or more junior employees who meet in parallel with the main …
The NED’s Role in Promoting Ethical Organisational Culture
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: The ethical culture of a company — whether people do the right thing when no one is watching, and feel able to raise concerns when something is wrong …
Negotiating Board Role Terms: What NEDs Should Ask
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Before accepting a non-executive role, a director should be clear on the terms that genuinely matter — and most of them belong in the letter of appointment. The …
Why Boards Now Demand NEDs with Cyber Risk Expertise
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Boards now actively seek cyber capability in their non-executives for three connected reasons. First, cyber has become a board-level risk rather than an IT problem: a serious incident …
Knowing When It’s Time for a NED to Step Down Gracefully
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Knowing when to leave is part of being a good non-executive director. The signals that it may be time are usually clear if you are honest with yourself: …
The Role of Non-Exec Directors in Cyber Crisis Response
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: When a cyber incident escalates into a full-blown crisis — one that threatens the company’s reputation, its stakeholders’ trust and sometimes its survival — the board and its …
Transitioning a Fractional Executive Role to a Full NED Position
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Moving from fractional executive work into a non-executive director role is one of the more natural career transitions there is — and fractional experience is a genuine head …
Young Professionals as NEDs: Breaking Conventional Wisdom
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: The conventional picture of a non-executive director is a semi-retired veteran with decades of experience behind them — and there is a real reason that picture exists: a …
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Risks: Should Boards Prepare Now
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: Yes — but not in the way the question implies. The timing and severity of artificial general intelligence are genuinely uncertain and hotly debated, and no board can …
How Operating Partners in PE Firms Can Transition to NEDs
By Adrian Lawrence FCA, founder of NED Capital · Part of the Board Governance Hub In short: An operating partner in a private equity firm is unusually well prepared for board work in some respects and unusually challenged in others. On the positive side, operating …
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