The Institute of Directors’ Centre for Corporate Governance has published a report, Are Boards Losing Control? , looking at the biggest challenges facing companies over the next five to ten years, evaluating the level of control boards have, and the actions required by boards and policymakers to address these issues.

In this episode, Dr Roger Barker and Chris Hodge, author of the report and the Centre for Corporate Governance’s senior adviser, discuss the findings of this work, and reflect on the current state of business leadership.

In this episode of the Business Book Club, the IoD’s Events & Sponsorship Lead Sophie Breeden hosts a review of three books from the FT’s ‘best summer business books 2023’ list with IoD Chief Economist Kitty Ussher, IoD Press and Policy Officer Sasha Trapani and IoD Council Member Anneliese Reinhold.

The books on this list chosen for review are: ‘How Big Things Get Done’ by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, ‘Wonder Boy’ by Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans, and ‘The Microstress Effect’ by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon.

You can find the FT’s ‘best summer business book 2023’ list here: https://www.ft.com/content/67fb4865-8913-4ae6-85a3-e60e28930fdd

Our new series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy continues. In this episode, IoD National Director for Scotland, Catherine McWilliam, talks to Richard Thomson MP, SNP spokesperson for Business and Trade.

Continuing our series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy, IoD Policy Director Dr Roger Barker talks to Sarah Olney MP, LibDem spokesperson for Business and Treasury.

In the second of our new series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy, IoD Policy Director Dr Roger Barker talks to Seema Malhotra MP, Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, about her background and priorities.

In this episode of the Business Book Club, the IoD’s Dr Roger Barker discusses the book, 'The Nine Types of Leader: How the Leaders of Tomorrow Can Learn from The Leaders of Today', with its author James Ashton, as well as IoD Chair Patrick Macdonald, IoD Isle of Man Chair Jennifer Houghton and spokesperson for the IoD Policy and Governance Ambassadors Rashmi Dube.

In this episode of the Directors' Briefing podcast, Centre for Corporate Governance Adviser Chris Hodge discusses integrating sustainability, strategy and governance with corporate governance/ESG experts Stilpon Nestor and Tina Mavraki.

In the first of a new series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy, IoD Policy Director Dr Roger Barker talks to Kevin Hollinrake MP, the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business.

In this episode of the Directors' Briefing podcast Emma Rowland, Policy Advisor on Trade, speaks to IoD members Michael Lorimer, CEO of DCS Group, and Christopher Beckford, Commercial Creative of Creativo Oculus, about the challenges of exporting in a post Brexit world.

In this episode of the Business Book Club, the IoD’s Dr Roger Barker discusses the book ‘Boards’ with its author, Patrick Dunne, and senior media executive coach and experienced board director Monica Chadha.

You can order a copy of ‘Boards’ by Patrick Dunne here: https://www.governance.co.uk/product/boards/?v=79cba1185463