Contents

Who’s the boss?

EC Action Plan - the next steps

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on future priorities for the Action Plan on Modernising Company Law.

Environmental KPI guidelines published

Constructive dialogue improving executive pay

Putting FTSE4Good to the test

Boardrooms still lack diversity

How am I doing?

Susan Bloch looks at the challenges of giving positive feedback and constructive criticism to the non-executive director.

Insider trading

Dr Shann Turnbull maintains that governments are complicit in widespread insider trading and argues for sunlight trading.

The mystery of leadership

Tom Lawton looks at leadership and argues that the world has moved on and a single controlling leader at the centre of a business is no longer an appropriate mode.