Thought Leadership
Over the past 19 years, we have gained considerable insights from helping organisations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand appoint senior leaders. We will share some of these learnings at our upcoming webinar on 30 April, which will be a valuable resource for anyone looking to advance their career, whether within their current organisation or elsewhere. This webinar will be hosted by Tim Scanlan and Zoe Whittington.
In July, Vikki Maclean, Partner at Kerridge & Partners, attended IMD’s Orchestrating Winning Performances (OWP) Programme in Lausanne, Switzerland. OWP 2023 tackled a critical issue for leaders today: navigating uncertainty while driving both organisational performance and transformation. Throughout the week-long programme, IMD’s faculty distilled these complex themes into actionable takeaways for leaders to deal with today’s complex economic, social and cultural environment.
As part of our leadership conference where we launched “The Future of CE Leadership in Aotearoa Report 2023”, Nick Edlin of Kerridge & Partners facilitated a discussion with Professional Director, Vanessa Stoddart; CEO of Southern Cross Health Society, Nick Astwick; and renowned futurist, Roger Dennis to discuss the report findings and their views on the role of Chief Executives.
The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and business has become a critical topic for companies seeking to unlock new opportunities while managing potential risks. Recently, a dinner event hosted by Kerridge and Partners brought together some of New Zealand's prominent business leaders to hear Ben Reid, Technology Futurist at Memia, share his insights. With a diverse audience of board members and Chairs representing leading organisations from both the public and private sector, the event and highlighted the importance of finding equilibrium between risk and opportunity in leveraging AI in Aotearoa.
Kerridge & Partners recently hosted an event on Technology & Transformation, bringing together perspectives across a cross-section of Board Directors, CEOs and CIOs. We were privileged to have a stellar panel of speakers comprising of Jonathan Mason, Susan Paterson, Sheridan Broadbent and Nikhil Ravishankar who collectively bring extensive transformation experience across a wide range of sectors. We had in attendance over 70 board directors and top executives in Aotearoa.
We will be discussing Brand NZ in the context of the global pandemic, including how organisations can leverage Brand NZ to shine on a global stage.
This webinar has finished.
You can access the slides and watch the recording in this post.
What does COVID-19 mean for Boards and individual directors.. ? What has changed? Might new guidelines emerge?
The emerging pandemic challenges everything, and certainly when it comes to business we have to think very carefully about what is ‘good’.
Whilst enjoying a fabulous Kiwi summer break in the Coromandel, I took a phone call from a friend saying that a pod of pilot whales had stranded in Matarangi and that we should head down and see if we could help.
Put likability out of your minds when assessing potential directors. It is almost irrelevant, and might even be a negative.
Appointing a CEO is a difficult task for a board on many levels. It is a very public challenge. Our view is that boards could well be starstruck, however, this is a subset of a bigger issue. Boards Lack Skills in Appointing CEOs.
Crises need directors to give time and energy ‘above and beyond’ what might be considered ‘normal’. The line between ‘governance’ and ‘management’ is blurred – and for good reason.
Diversity on boards has been the subject of much debate and, thankfully, action in recent years.
Privilege is hard to define, especially for those who have it.
The models and theories on which ‘best practice’ leadership and approaches to innovation are based are rooted in cultural bias.