Bryan’s Blog

Boaring Conversations

It takes about eight hours of someone’s time, your time, your team’s time to give a senior executive team or board 15 minutes of advice. Those 15 minutes simply can’t be wasted! Over the last four weeks I have taken you through the four key elements of my Pathfinder Model for a winning conversation. Stand

Being Incredible to Boards

While I am sure there is more to the story about law firm Clayton Utz and their report for AMP, but how do you think their credibility as a provider of independent advice was impacted by this simple line in this news article “Just appalling’: AMP misconduct and lies exposed”.      “Mr Hodge told the

Telling Tales to Boards

Sanjay Verma was 5 years old when he was at parent teacher night with his older sister. He turned to her and asked why other kids in the room had parents there and he didn’t. It was then his world turned on its head. It was too much for his young mind to fully comprehend

Influencing Boards with Pictures

Last week I urged you to stand in the shoes of your board so you could identify their problems and align what you do with what they need. The next challenge is showing them you understand their problem. Yes you can use words, however, as I said last week, the hardest thing to do in business

Influencing Boards with Big Shoes

I have been running with a series of blogs about the boardroom. My R is for CanceR blog last week suggested some boards are totally disconnected with the discussion on risk. Is it their fault or yours? Whether it is about risk or any other topic, through my career I have concluded that the hardest thing to