'Period of disruption' | Are we facing the largest disconnect between C-suite and Board?

The volatile times in which businesses are currently trading has meant that one element of leadership is currently valued above all others – stability.

Through financial insecurities, drastic personnel changes, furlough schemes and even strategic changes in company purpose, those who have managed to find stability and direction have benefitted not just as a company, but as individuals from it.

And this onus on stability has highlighted the importance of various relationships. For example, never has the bond between HR and CEO (or equivalent) been more important. Yet, the most essential bond keeping businesses afloat in 2021 is the one between leaders and the Board.

The relationship between leaders and the Board should be one of symbiosis; the two are very much halves of the same whole, offering insight and direction, sharing out the responsibility of leading.