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Grit in the Boardroom breaks down leadership decisions, director dialogue, and governance perspectives from across industries.

Bi-Weekly episodes of Grit in the Boardroom bring together voices from across leadership, including executives, chairs, and directors, who have stood on the edge of critical calls, felt the weight of risk, and lived with the outcomes.

Host Erika Eliasson-Norris – CEO of Beyond Governance, Founder of a multi award-winning consultancy, and Governance Assessor to the UK’s Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry – guides listeners through management case studies, turnaround stories, and candid executive interviews. With nearly 20 years inside the C-suite, Erika highlights the strengths, shortcomings, conflicts, and strategic decision-making that define modern corporate governance.

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Ethicability: The Leadership Lever That Transforms Company Culture

Host Erika Eliasson-Norris – CEO of Beyond Governance and Governance Assessor to the UK’s Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry – is joined by Roger Steare – the “corporate philosopher” to explore the humanity in boardroom discussions and what ethical factors are made in the C-suite.

Poor Boardroom Decisions: What the Wirecard Board Failed to Hear

Host Erika Eliasson-Norris – CEO of Beyond Governance and Governance Assessor to the UK’s Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry – talks to Pav about what governing boards can learn from scandals like Wirecard, how to build trust and accountability in corporate governance, and the role of empathy and courage in real boardroom decisions.

Execution Over Ego: The Boardroom Decisions That Make-or-Break Governance

Host Erika Eliasson-Norris, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Beyond Governance and Governance Assessor to the United Kingdom’s Post Office Horizon Information Technology (IT) Inquiry, sits down with Ram Charan, global adviser to chief executive officers and corporate boards, for a direct conversation about corporate governance, strategic decision-making and the reality of leadership decisions inside the C-suite.

Why Boards Must Innovate Fast to Strengthen Governance in the AI Era

Erika Eliasson-Norris, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Beyond Governance and Governance Assessor to the UK’s Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, sits down with Martha to explore how corporate governance must evolve in an era of rapid digital change.

From Personal Networks to the C-Suite: What Aspiring Directors Should Know

Erika Eliasson-Norris, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Beyond Governance and Governance Assessor to the UK’s Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, sits down with Emma to explore how emotional intelligence and strong professional networks can shape effective corporate governance and strengthen board effectiveness.

Judgement Matters More Than Data in the Boardroom

Erika Eliasson-Norris and Sir Andrew Likierman explore how boards can strengthen board effectiveness by improving self-awareness, encouraging challenge, and supporting better leadership decisions.

Building Leadership That Lasts Across Generations

Erika Eliasson-Norris explores the governance lessons hiding inside one of the most overlooked challenges in business today – intergenerational leadership. Sharath draws on a defining inflection point from his own career, when the government of Delhi asked him to scale an educational organisation from 300 to 20,000 schools almost overnight, to show what board effectiveness actually looks like under pressure and how most boards are still falling short.

 

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