CS Advanced Level
Boardroom Dynamics glossary
Every term this guide defines, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it. Open it when a word in a question is unfamiliar, and test yourself on it in the last week: cover the definition and say it in one sentence.
6 terms from the free first chapter
C
- Ceremonial board
A largely passive board that rubber-stamps management's decisions, common historically and still found where governance is weak.
Taught in The emergence of boardroom dynamics in corporate governance
F
- Focus on substantive issues
A progressive board spends its time on genuinely strategic matters rather than being consumed by routine or ceremonial business.
Taught in The emergence of boardroom dynamics in corporate governance
G
- Group dynamics
How board members actually interact, covered in depth in the chapter on understanding boardroom dynamics.
Taught in The emergence of boardroom dynamics in corporate governance
I
- Information architecture
How information reaches the board, its quality, timeliness and format (GS 005's board papers, in CS Meetings: Compliance and Administration), shapes how well it can actually contribute.
Taught in The emergence of boardroom dynamics in corporate governance
L
- Liberated board
A board that has gained genuine independence and oversight capability, typically following governance reform (traced in CS Corporate Governance and Ethics, under the evolution of corporate governance), but not yet fully proactive.
Taught in The emergence of boardroom dynamics in corporate governance
P
- Progressive board
A board that actively engages as a strategic partner to management, contributing insight rather than only oversight, the building blocks of which are set out below.
Taught in The emergence of boardroom dynamics in corporate governance
The full glossary adds every term from the other 16 chapters, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it.