Why boardroom communication is crucial: A Corporate Governance Podcast

Why boardroom communication is crucial: The latest corporate governance podcast episode explores the main problems of boardroom communication and how to solve them.

It doesn’t matter how experienced directors are, or how much they have achieved throughout their careers – if they can’t communicate, it can be a colossal boardroom liability. 

Good boardroom communication has its own set of challenges nowadays. The business landscape is chaotic, short-term priorities dominate, and directors are expected to consume huge volumes of information as part of their normal boardroom routine. If you’ve ever been faced with reading a huge board pack in a short space of time, you’ll know how challenging it can be. 

To help with that, we’re talking with Davina Stanley, communication strategist, senior leadership consultant and author of Elevate and Engage, two books dedicated to helping leaders and teams communicate better with less rework. 

Davina has many years of experience in governance communications, and one of her main goals is to enable corporate leaders to use their skills in this area to maximise their positive influence on their businesses.

Davina Stanley helps leaders and their teams transform their decision-making by communicating better. She blends her consulting, corporate, and education experience to design and deliver programs that transform how teams think, work, and communicate. Having begun her career as a schoolteacher, she retrained and moved into corporate affairs in a multinational company before joining McKinsey in Hong Kong as a communication specialist.

She is the founder of Clarity First Program, a consultancy firm specialising in aiding corporate collaboration at the leadership level. She is now based in Seattle, Washington, and helps leaders and their teams globally.

The Corporate Governance Podcast is your taster of what’s new in governance worldwide. The modern director understands that boardroom responsibilities have dramatically increased, and old norms are being challenged by new ideals around sustainable business that respect all stakeholders – not just shareholders. 

Because of this, corporate governance education is an invaluable addition to a director’s skillset—something that will help you stand out amongst your colleagues. 

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