Critical Calls

The true character of a board is revealed in the critical calls it makes – rethinking strategy in the face of stalled growth, fending off a hostile takeover, navigating a governance breach, or managing a reputational crisis that puts years of stakeholder trust at risk overnight. These are high-stakes moments: marked by uncertainty, competing demands, hidden trade-offs, and consequences that are hard to predict and costly to reverse. Critical Calls is a practical playbook for exactly these moments. Drawing on behavioural psychology, governance expertise, and real-world boardroom experience, it equips directors with frameworks for the decisions that matter most. Amidst seismic market, geopolitical, and climate upheaval – compounded by AI disruption and ever-tighter timeframes for consequential calls – razor-sharp judgment is no longer optional. It is the defining competency of the modern director and the contemporary board. Written for experienced directors who want to sharpen their governing practices, and for executives wishing to leverage their experience to become board-ready.