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BLOG | Becoming a Chair: PE or Plc Route?

This blog includes insights from our Chair Ready Programme on how to decide if you want to become a PE or Plc Chair.

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VIEWPOINTS | Making the Leap from CPO to NED

Tea Colaianni MBE, Senior Independent Director at Watches of Switzerland and Board Mentor at Criticaleye, reflects on her transition from the highest levels of HR to building a successful portfolio career

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VIEWPOINTS | How to Create Forward-thinking Boards

Shefaly Yogendra, SID, Temple Bar Investment Trust and Board Mentor, Criticaleye, explains why many Boards need to adopt a different mindset.

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BLOG | CPOs Rethinking the Talent Agenda

This blog explores the changes senior HR leaders and Boards should be aware of when approaching their talent strategies.

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BLOG | A Time to Innovate for CEOs

This blog explores why innovation must be top of the CEO agenda, with insights on AI, technology transformation, governance and leadership ahead of Criticaleye’s annual CEO Retreat.

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BLOG | Building High Performance for CPOs in a Time of Constant Change

This blog explores how CPOs are redefining priorities through commercial focus, workforce agility, leadership capability and organisational pace to build high-performance organisations amid constant change.

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VIEWPOINTS | International Expansion in a Nutshell

Nick Burns, CEO of Reward Gateway | Edenred, talks through the opportunities and pitfalls that need to be navigated when a business looks to grow into new markets and jursidictions.

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BLOG | Stepping Up to CFO – Five Key Tips

This blog outlines how finance leaders can transition to Group CFO by prioritising influence, stakeholder relationships, leadership mindset and broader business involvement beyond technical financial expertise.

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BLOG | Alignment at the Top

This blog shares insights from Board members and senior executives on why alignment at the top is key to delivering strategy in a complex environment.

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VIEWPOINTS | Five Tips For Being an Effective Chair

Paul Lester, Chair of McCarthy Stone, Telent and Funeral Partners, shares five lessons on what it takes to be an effective Chair — from Board dynamics to the CEO relationship.

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BLOG | A Long-term View of the Business Landscape

In this blog, we share insights from Board members and senior executives across Asia as they reflect on how AI and wider economic, technological and geopolitical forces are reshaping leadership and Board priorities.

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BLOG | Unlocking Value as CPO

This blog delves into the key challenges CPOs are facing to ensure they are unlocking value and driving performance across their organisations, with insights taken from the Criticaleye CPO Retreat 2026.


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