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"More companies are bringing in experts to scrutinize effectiveness of directors... Many U.S. corporate boards need help making hard decisions. Joann S. Lublin. Wall Street Journal 17 February 2015 Illustration:...

A CEO all too aware of hubris and the damage she could inflict by becoming ’too powerful’: a company whose policies and practices seem designed to avoid a culture of...

“HBOS executives seem to have revelled in a self-perceived role as challengers to the big four, outsiders who dared to do things differently. Herald Scotland, 20 November 2015 Stephen Naysmith...

“The main consequence of the regulators’ costly and time-consuming inquiry into the £20.5bn collapse of HBOS is, wait for it: yet another costly and time-consuming inquiry. Caroline Binham and Emma...

"It was in this heady atmosphere that executives made the fateful decisions that led HBOS to expand unsustainably, leaving it hopelessly overstretched when the credit crunch struck. Tim Wallace The...

“…leadership experts predictably surfaced dozens of differences between Francis and Trump. But they also brought up a surprising number of similarities Leigh Buchanan, Editor-at-large Inc Magazine 25 Sept 2015 Image:...

“You have to avoid hubris, triumphalism… you’ve only got two or three years and after that you do lose the plot… (after our victory) in 1987 we thought it was...

"..modern politics is less violent than that of ancient Rome but the basic principles of power and ambition are universal and unvarying… Robert Harris, best-selling thriller writer Daily Mail /...

"When in power, we need to be more conscious of how direct communication, silence and ambiguity can affect others. Adam Galinsky, Professor of Business, Columbia Business School ‘Preoccupations’, New York...

“…companies that wish to avoid the noxious fumes of scandal need their boards to be switched on at all times” Andrew Hill Ft.com/management 28 September 2015 Photo: Reuters “VW is...