Ep 26 - Leadership Change
This week, on the Little Questions Podcast, we discuss how the relationships between a Corporate Affairs Director and the senior leadership of their organisation are arguably the most important they’ll manage during their time in the role.
Positioning the CEO or Chair in a positive light is more important today than perhaps ever before. Which means that CADs are responsible not only for keeping business leaders out of trouble, but also advising them on a range of issues that can be reputationally damaging, if handled poorly, from Executive pay and Board diversity, to ESG and business risk.
But with the average tenure of a chief executive in the UK being less than five years, an experienced CAD is likely to experience more than their fair share of leadership churn over the course of their career. And while changes of leadership can be exciting, they can also be challenging, often requiring a change in strategy, different expectations from stakeholders, and often a change in communication style and tone, too.
So, given that it’ll be a rare CAD that gets through their working life without handling a change at the top, today we’re going to be asking: what does a good transition look like? What can CADs do to get on the front foot before a new CEO or Chair starts in the role? What kind of impact does leadership transition have on in-house Corporate Affairs teams? And this week on the Little Questions Podcast we aim to tackle these questions and more as we take a look at leadership change.
This edition of The Little Questions podcast is presented by Andrew Brown, Matt Young and Sam Bevans.
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Leadership Change
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Leadership Change
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